From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition
Year: 2009
Worcester public school nurses meet with school committee members
Rosa pledges support for the patient safety act
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition
Discussing patient safety act with Sen. Moore in Worcester
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition
Bargaining Unit Updates
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition Tobey HospitalThe bargaining unit nurses at Tobey Hospital barely ratified a memorandum of agreement with the hospital as part of an economic reopener… Read more »
As U.S. launches swine flu emergency, Worcester eliminates staff that protects city
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition As the nation mobilized to confront the intensifying outbreak of swine flu, a coalition of more than 30 civic, community, labor and health… Read more »
Campaign to save psychiatric services at St. Vincent’s in Worcester a success
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition Congratulations to the MNA nurses at St. Vincent Hospital Center for Psychiatry. Hospital administrators announced on April 22 that they rescinded their closure… Read more »
Mass. health model inspires key senator (MS)
Panel considers creating agency to ease insurance By
Healthcare industry to offer cuts of $2 trillion (MS)
WASHINGTON – Volunteering to "do our part" to tackle runaway health costs, leading groups in the healthcare industry have offered to squeeze $2 trillion in savings from projected increases over… Read more »
The deadly epidemic no one’s addressing (MS)
MASSACHUSETTS taxpayers are being robbed. Families are having their loved ones stolen from them and taxpayer dollars are lost in a system wrought with inefficiencies and gaps in care. This… Read more »
State seeks to revamp way doctors, hospitals are paid (MS)
Massachusetts soon may embark on another bold healthcare experiment, with a state commission poised to recommend this month that insurers radically change how they pay doctors and hospitals. Commission members… Read more »
