The clamor of modern medicine can actually make us worse. So how do you write a prescription for shhh? By Drake Bennett | May 30, 2010 Close your eyes and… Read more »
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Fixing the noisy hospital
Playing hardball with hospitals
THE FAILURE of the state’s insurers to hold down reimbursements to doctors and hospitals is a chief reason behind skyrocketing increases in health costs. The insurers’ effort now to strike… Read more »
Minnesota Nurses Prepare for One Day Strike – Largest Nurses Strike in US History
By Nellie Munn May 28, 2010 Twelve thousand nurses in the Twin Cities are fending off a well-coordinated attack by corporate health care interests to diminish the power of our… Read more »
Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010
Pandemic Vaccines — The Legal Landscape
Vaccination Recommendations & Requirements and Reporting Requirements of MA DPH and OSHA
Below is the most current information about vaccination recommendations & requirements and reporting requirements of both the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and OSHA. Note that most of these are… Read more »
The Cranberry Scoop
Insurers paying doctors faster, despite inefficiency
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | May 26, 2010 US health insurers are paying doctors seven days faster, on average, and denying 12 to 18 percent fewer claims than last… Read more »
Notice to Members
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2010 Edition This notice is to remind all MNA members that the dues rate will increase on July 1, 2010. For more information, contact the… Read more »
H1N1 report: looking back, thinking ahead
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2010 Edition By Sandra Landry, RNPlymouth County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition
