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Gauging the impact of Mass General Brigham's impending layoffs
Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts’ largest employer, has announced the largest layoffs in the hospital system’s history, citing a $250 million budget shortfall. MGB CEO Anne Klibanski informed employees of the impending cuts via email on Monday. Hundreds of management and administrative positions will be eliminated within the next couple of months. While MGB has stated that patient care will not…
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Mass General Brigham planning hundreds of layoffs
Massachusetts’ largest private employer says it needs to cut payroll costs by more than $200 million.
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MGB stops delaying cases amid IV fluid shortage
Mass General Brigham is no longer delaying non-emergency procedures due to a shortage of intravenous fluids, but said rationing is continuing.
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Nurses and Brigham and Women's Hospital reach deal to avoid strike, union says
A tentative agreement has been reached to prevent a nurse strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the Massachusetts Nurses Association said Thursday. The deal comes about two weeks after nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve a one-day strike. Union members said at the time that a year of contract negotiations had failed to bring an agreement. The union...
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‘We still are very far apart on wages': Nurses at Faulkner Hospital vote to authorize strike
Hundreds of nurses at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood voted to authorize a one-day strike. For 10 months, they have been negotiating with Mass General Brigham leaders for a new contract but ultimately, the two sides are still far apart. “Progress has been made on several topics and we have presented a fair, equitable...
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Nurses at Brigham and Women's Faulkner vote to strike
Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain have voted to authorize a strike. The near unanimous vote means that thousands of nurses could hit the picket line for a one-day strike.
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Faulkner Hospital nurses could vote to strike
Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital are scheduled to vote Thursday night to potentially authorize a one-day strike as they continue to push for a new contract.
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Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses vote to strike, hundreds more poised to join
Thousands of nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have voted to authorize a strike, and hundreds of others may join their fight Thursday. At Faulkner Hospital in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, there’s about 500 nurses that say they have reached their tipping point and are scheduled to vote to strike until a list of demands are met. Some of...
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Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital vote to strike
Local nurses say they are outraged by the work conditions in the hospital system and are taking action. So far, Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses are set to strike, and Faulkner nurses could join them after Thursday’s vote.
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Brigham and Women's nurses could soon strike
Thousands of health care workers with Brigham and Women’s Hospital could soon be going on strike. The Massachusetts Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to allow the Boston hospital’s nurses to hit the picket line. The tally was nearly unanimous, with 2,507 union members voting to enable a one-day strike and just 16 voting no. “We didn’t want to be here,...
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Brigham nurses could soon strike
The Massachusetts Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to allow nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to go on a one-day strike.
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Mass General Brigham fires 3 employees over ‘privacy incident'
Three employees of Massachusetts’ largest health care system have been fired over a “privacy incident” concerning the personal information of patients. Mass General Brigham said in a press release Friday that it learned earlier this year that unauthorized access to some patients’ and policy holders’ information may have been granted. The hospital system said it was notifying certain Massachusetts residents…
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AI pharmacist? Brigham study tests how new tech can help manage patient meds
Many of us need to take medication everyday, and for some people, it’s a lengthy daily regimen of prescriptions to manage our health. It can be an overwhelming workload, though, for doctors and pharmacists to track all of their patients’ prescriptions, according to Dr. Lisa Rotenstein. She is a primary care provider, who previously worked at Boston’s Brigham and...
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AI pharmacist? Brigham testing new tech to assist docs, pharmacists
FeelBetter is teaming up with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to bring their AI tech to patients here in Greater Boston.
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Spinal surgeon breaking barriers in Boston
Fewer than 10 Black women have spine fellowship training, and one of them is Brigham and Women’s Dr. Shaina Lipa.
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Flooding at Boston hospital disrupts IVF services for 200 patients, leaving some devastated
Flooding from a burst water main at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital has disrupted services for about 200 patients seeking to have children through in vitro fertilization, leaving some of them devastated. Alexis Goulette, who runs a private IVF support group on Facebook, said Wednesday that a lot of the women had been informed of cancellations by voicemail and...