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Ford may use stocks to pay for retiree health fund

"The Labor Department said Wednesday that it would let the Ford Motor Company use stock instead of cash to pay some of the $13.1 billion that it owed to a new retiree health care fund, pending a period of public comment," The New York Times reports.

10 Dec 2009

St. Vincent's Medical Center ensures OSHA compliance with Streamline Health's workflow solution

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has selected Streamline Health to provide a workflow solution to ensure compliance with OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs.

10 Dec 2009

Texas ranks 4th in terms of aggregate Medicaid underfunding, according to Medicaid analysis

A new Eljay, LLC analysis of the nation's Medicaid program released by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) projects that Medicaid underfunds the actual cost of providing quality long term care in 2009 by $271.1 million in Texas, and that Texas seniors rank 4th in the nation in cumulative underfunding of this care.

10 Dec 2009

USC Fetal Therapy Program achieves improved survival rate in TTTS fetal surgery

A Southern California fetal surgery institute, one of only a handful in the United States, has posted enormously successful rates in treating a dangerous disorder that affects 10 percent of unborn identical twins.

10 Dec 2009

Pitt professor suggests incorporating guidelines for weekend and holiday eating into food pyramid

The holidays can be challenging for even the most diligent dieters. But are weekends just as detrimental? Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., found that weekend eating patterns change significantly.

9 Dec 2009

MLL team finds 454 Sequencing technology promising for leukemia genetic characterization

This week at the 51st American Society for Hematology Annual Meeting, a team of researchers from the MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory presented results from a series of groundbreaking studies which explore alternative, high-throughput 454 Sequencing methods for distinguishing and characterizing the many forms of leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders.

9 Dec 2009

Compiled genealogical information sold to families on the web: CMS Mid-Atlantic

This is the time of year when people contemplate their resolutions for the year ahead. The intentions range from the common -- wellness goals such as weight loss or smoking cessation -- to the complicated, such as tracing their families' genealogies.

9 Dec 2009

Cubicle Curtain Factory to increase awareness of its innovative hospital privacy curtains

The Cubicle Curtain Factory has retained TransMedia Group to publicize the first major innovation in hospital privacy curtains in decades, the Simply 66 Snap System, which is already saving hospitals millions in maintenance costs.

7 Dec 2009

McKesson to introduce PROmanager-Rx system at the 44th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition

McKesson today will introduce the PROmanager-Rx™ system, an innovative solution that enables hospitals for the first time to fully automate the dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that come pre-packaged from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form.

7 Dec 2009

Deal time? Key Senate Dems meet on public option in health bill

Politico: "President Barack Obama will meet Sunday with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, as a group of moderate and liberal senators weighed a new public option compromise in hopes of striking a deal by early in the week.

6 Dec 2009

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of their insurance status during pregnancy and delivery

5 Dec 2009

Red Cross workers educate public on unfair labor conditions

Teamster members employed by the Philadelphia chapter of the American Red Cross are hard at work educating the public about the unfair labor conditions that they endure that could potentially put Philadelphia's blood supply at risk. More than 100 employees went on strike and set up a picket line yesterday when their issues were ignored by their employer.

5 Dec 2009

Despite positive job market trends, economy continues to face challenges

Unemployment data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor indicates that although job losses have slowed significantly, the economy continues to face challenges, noted the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

5 Dec 2009

DCVax therapeutic cancer vaccine manufacturing process receives patent approval

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("NWBT" or the "Company") announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office has allowed its patent application on a system for automation of the initial stages of the manufacture of the Company's DCVax® therapeutic cancer vaccines.

4 Dec 2009

Healthcare professionals from Kaiser Permanente facilities to leave SEIU and join NUHW

More than 2,300 healthcare professionals at dozens of Kaiser Permanente facilities across Southern California will soon vote on leaving the SEIU to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).

4 Dec 2009

International Brotherhood of Teamsters loses court injunction against American Red Cross

The American Red Cross won a court injunction today against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 929 after its members illegally blocked vehicles from leaving the facility, interfering with blood shipments to local hospitals.

4 Dec 2009

Senate leaders say health bill amendment votes to start today

The Wall Street Journal reports that "after three days of debates without a vote on a single amendment ... Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, (D., Ill.) announced Wednesday evening that" Republicans and Democrats had "come to agreement" on how to proceed. The first two votes will occur today "on amendments aimed at requiring health plans to cover preventive services for women's health.

3 Dec 2009

ARC workers protest that unfair labor practices can endanger donor and blood safety issues

Teamsters who work at American Red Cross (ARC) Blood Services facilities in Philadelphia went on strike this morning to protest unfair labor practices and problems with working conditions at these facilities that could imperil the safety of donors and the integrity of the blood supply, not to mention the wellbeing of employees.

3 Dec 2009

Beta 2 adrenergic agonist drugs linked to autism-spectrum disorders

Commonly prescribed beta 2 adrenergic agonist drugs for the treatment of asthma in pregnant women as well as pre-term labor may increase the incidence of autism-spectrum disorders, psychiatric pathology, cognitive problems and poor school performance in their children, according to a new study published in the December 2009 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

3 Dec 2009

Kaiser workers face pay and healthcare benefits risk by NLRB decision

A decision issued today by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has put at risk the guaranteed raises, healthcare coverage, and pensions of Kaiser Permanente RNs, social workers, and professionals in Southern California.

2 Dec 2009

Labor News and Research

Ford may use stocks to pay for retiree health fund

St. Vincent's Medical Center ensures OSHA compliance with Streamline Health's workflow solution

Texas ranks 4th in terms of aggregate Medicaid underfunding, according to Medicaid analysis

USC Fetal Therapy Program achieves improved survival rate in TTTS fetal surgery

Pitt professor suggests incorporating guidelines for weekend and holiday eating into food pyramid

MLL team finds 454 Sequencing technology promising for leukemia genetic characterization

Compiled genealogical information sold to families on the web: CMS Mid-Atlantic

Cubicle Curtain Factory to increase awareness of its innovative hospital privacy curtains

McKesson to introduce PROmanager-Rx system at the 44th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition

Deal time? Key Senate Dems meet on public option in health bill

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

Red Cross workers educate public on unfair labor conditions

Despite positive job market trends, economy continues to face challenges

DCVax therapeutic cancer vaccine manufacturing process receives patent approval

Healthcare professionals from Kaiser Permanente facilities to leave SEIU and join NUHW

International Brotherhood of Teamsters loses court injunction against American Red Cross

Senate leaders say health bill amendment votes to start today

ARC workers protest that unfair labor practices can endanger donor and blood safety issues

Beta 2 adrenergic agonist drugs linked to autism-spectrum disorders

Kaiser workers face pay and healthcare benefits risk by NLRB decision

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