The U.S. nurse shortage is getting worse, but are more visas the answer—or would improved training capacity, working conditions, and pay do the trick? By
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Immigration: More Foreign Nurses Needed? (DS)
The Policy That Dare Not Speak Its Name (DS)
I’m sure I’m not the only reader who noticed the juxtaposition of two front page stories in Sunday’s
Many hospitals cut back on infection-control efforts … American Medical News (MC)
A national study of medical bankruptcies
This research was published in the American Journal of Medicine using 2007 data (many more people have lost their jobs and health insurance since 2008, as we all know):
Globe Op Ed Today — Finally hospitals’ unsung heroes care the show (DS)
By Suzanne Gordon | June 18, 2009 SINCE THE BIRTH of television, Hollywood has given doctors a permanent starring role in prime-time hospital dramas. But most doctor shows have relegated… Read more »
Many watching as Caritas talks with R.I. hospital (MS)
The financially strapped Caritas Christi Health Care hospital system is negotiating to buy the Landmark Medical Center, a 214-bed community hospital in Woonsocket, R.I., that has been in court-appointed receivership… Read more »
ONE UNHAPPY band of firefighters and the Obama White House folds (MS)
Vice President Joseph Biden and members of President Obama’s Cabinet shunned a meeting of the nation’s mayors in Providence last weekend because of a labor protest staged by local firefighters…. Read more »
Vote’s timing complicates Globe-union talks (MS)
A new complication in the contract dispute between Boston Globe management and the newspaper’s largest union is delaying a resolution, union members and officials say. The problem is the 23… Read more »
The hurdles to expanded healthcare (MS)
THE GREAT healthcare debate is now officially on, and though the goal of dramatically expanded coverage is in distant view, perils and pitfalls abound along the path forward. One came… Read more »
Surgery center plan withdrawn (MS)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital has withdrawn its plan to build an outpatient surgical facility in Framingham, following objections and a legal challenge by competitor MetroWest Medical Center. “I have made the decision… Read more »
