Senate health bill’s surcharge on high-cost plans could eventually end up hitting middle class hard By Beth Healy, Globe Staff | January 15, 2010 Many Massachusetts workers could face reduced… Read more »
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‘Cadillac’ tax on hatchback care?
Violence in hospitals has reached epidemic proportions
Violence in hospitals has reached epidemic proportionsYour voice, your story, how you can help! A hospital should be a haven where patients go to heal and nurses and other health… Read more »
More than 1800 RNs Join National Conference Call to Prepare For Haiti Disaster Relief Mission; 5,500 Signed Up to Go
National Conference Call Thursday For 2000 RN Volunteers for Haiti Relief Effort
Massachusetts Nurses Association Information for Nurses on Haiti Relief
MNA posts updates on its involvement in relief efforts in Haiti on this website. Please check the website periodically for news. To date, MNA has begin working with local Haitian… Read more »
Largest RN Union Issues Urgent Call for Nurse Volunteers To Assist Earthquake Ravaged Haiti
Nurse Volunteer Group to Coordinate Emergency Nursing Mission The nation’s largest organization of registered nurses tonight activated its nationwide disaster relief program to recruit nurse volunteers to provide assistance to… Read more »
More than 700 Nurses Volunteer for Haiti Relief Efforts; RNs Issue Urgent Call for Public Help
Nurse Volunteer Group to Coordinate Emergency Nursing Mission—Immediate Need for Travel and Medicine Donations More than 700 registered nurses from across the U.S. have responded in just a few hours… Read more »
Imbedded chips track drug doses, health shifts
By Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent | January 11, 2010 Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, updated daily, visit
Providing quality care, and a human touch
By Douglas S. Brown | January 11, 2010 DONNA GAIEWISKI is a patient transporter at UMass Memorial Medical Center, where I work. One day last summer, she let me watch… Read more »
High costs aren’t due to local issues, Partners says
By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | January 12, 2010 Partners HealthCare – unlike many of its competitors, which were no-shows at hearings last week – appeared before state regulators yesterday… Read more »