Members of the Service Employees International Union at hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will hold a nationwide day of action March 31 as union contracts expire, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
Members of the Service Employees International Union at hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will hold a nationwide day of action March 31 as union contracts expire, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
Burnout, staffing shortages and violence against healthcare workers are often cited as key reasons healthcare workers are leaving their roles, but there is another significant factor at play, Gita Pensa, MD, wrote in a March 31 article for TIME.
Gresham, Ore.-based Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is continuing to divert patients away from its labor and delivery services even as the Oregon Health Authority questions the safety of doing so.
Nursing shortages have impacted nearly every healthcare specialty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as burnout has remained high among all medical professionals.
Nagaindra Srivastav of Tampa, Fla., has been sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than $48 million in restitution after he was convicted of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks.
New York City-based Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has begun construction on an ASC that will be located on the second floor of its main hospital in Queens, according to a March 30 report from the Queens Chronicle.