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By Kristin Palpini Created 05/04/2010 – 16:09 NORTHAMPTON – Cooley Dickinson Hospital today is laying off what amounts to 30 full-time employees to cover what hospital officials say is a… Read more »

Many hospitals don’t need to increase salaries to be competitive – for now. By Sandy Keefe, MSN, RN As a faculty researcher at the Center for the Health Professions at… Read more »

To the editor: Recent coverage of the new CEO of Northeast Health Systems commitment to keep Addison Gilbert Hospital open seems like welcome news. Can we rest assured that AGH… Read more »

By Jon Kingsdale  |  May 3, 2010 IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL health care reform could pose the greatest domestic policy challenge since executing the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s. National health… Read more »

Here is CDC’s plan to reduce respiratory protections for healthcare and other workers against H1N1.  It has been reported that with this notice that the CDC will propose to reduce… Read more »

Hospitals, union take campaigns online amid Twin Cities strike talk

NOW THAT the nation has embarked on a course toward universal health care, it is more important than ever that the government go after cost drivers in the system. In… Read more »

Health network examined for possible antitrust violations By Robert Weisman and Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff  |  April 29, 2010The US Department of Justice has opened a civil investigation into possible… Read more »

Agreement Responds to the Hospital’s Lack of Response to Nurse’s Concerns About Unsafe Working Conditions and the Reluctance of the Hospital to Address Workplace Safety Issues BOSTON — The management… Read more »

By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff  |  April 28, 2010 WORCESTER — In the Saint Vincent Hospital chapel, a candle in red glass glows on the altar, signifying the presence of… Read more »