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4 News Briefs
Nurses rally to save Doctors San Pablo 5 | Monster
week for RN contracts in Minnesota 6 | Massa -
chusetts RNs step up ratios campaign, release
staffing surveys 7 | Conversations with Kay
8 | RNs demand Daughters of Charity system keep
its promises 9 | Michigan RNs gear up for election
season; St. Rose RNs win first contract 10 | Kaiser
Manteca RNs win resolution from City Council;
El Paso RNs launch living wage campaign; DC RNs
win ruling against MedStar for failure to disclose
staffing info; VA nurses in Buffalo nominated for
system's top honors
11 Questioning the value of
electronic health records
RNs have long questioned the value of electronic
health records. Now others are, too.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 Monopoly Medicine
With 206 hospitals in 29 states, many in rural areas,
Community Health Systems is now the country's
largest hospital chain. Learn why nurses are saying
this corporation's vast influence and control over
healthcare is dangerous for patients and RNs.
By Lucia Hwang
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ON THE COVER: Registered nurses Beverly Lehman,
Bill Smith, and Mike Ziemer of Barstow Communi-
ty Hospital in Barstow, Calif. went on strike Dec. 3,
2013 as part of a national day of action by seven
facilities against their employer, Community
Health Systems.
Photo by James Moy.
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