Friday was the third day of a walkout for thousands of health care employees. No new contract talks were scheduled until next week.
Category: Hospitals
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How the Kaiser Permanente Strike Could Affect Patients
Especially in California, people could experience delays in appointments or test results and even have medical procedures postponed after thousands of health care workers walked out.
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Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Go on Strike
The health system failed to reach a new contract agreement with some of its unionized employees, who have planned a three-day job action in Kaiser’s facilities in several states.
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Kaiser Permanente Workers Poised to Strike
The health care system provides care for 13 million people in eight states. Union officials say this could be the largest strike by health care workers in recent U.S. history.
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Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
New cases say fear and confusion about abortion bans in three states are causing doctors and hospitals to deny medically necessary abortions.
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Nonprofit Health System Says It Is Ending Policy That Denied Care to Indebted Patients
Allina Health, a large Midwestern system of hospitals and clinics, says it has decided to stop cutting off medical care to patients with unpaid medical bills of $4,500 or more.
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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care in at Least Three States
It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had to cut back services or close.
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‘Our Body’ Review: Patience
The French director Claire Simon’s profoundly humane documentary focuses on patients in the gynecology ward of a Paris hospital.
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Tornado Rips Through N.C. Site, Threatening Pfizer’s Drug Supplies
Extensive damage occurred at the company’s property in Rocky Mount, and many products used by hospitals appeared to have been affected. This could further exacerbate shortages.
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Coping With Crohn’s Disease, With the Help of Rachael Ray
The stars of the Food Network help a teenage patient make it through the long days in the hospital with no solid food.
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It’s Never Too Late to Become a Nurse
During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart.
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‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain
In this Netflix documentary about a young girl who was held in a hospital and barred from seeing her family, we hear their side of the story.