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University Hospital seeking $10M from state to overhaul crowded ER
University Hospital is requesting $10 million in state funds to review and improve an overcrowded emergency room that served approximately 80,000 patients last year, interim President and CEO Judith Persichilli said at a Community Oversight Board meeting on Wednesday.
Hospital Mergers Improve Health? Evidence Shows the Opposite
Many things affect your health. Genetics. Lifestyle. Modern medicine. The environment in which you live and work.
HPAE United At Rutgers: We Stand Together for Job Security, Dignity, and Transparency
When you are a union member, you get a greater say at work. Since the 1880’s the American Labor Movement has fought for greater democracy in the workplace, and HPAE is no exception. When you are a union member you
Union Rep Training, January 26
On January 26th, HPAE members came out for a training on handling grievances and representing their co-workers in disciplinary procedures.
Assembly Labor Committee approves $15 minimum wage bill
The Assembly Labor Committee advanced a measure Thursday that increases the state minimum wage to $15 an hour, following several hours of sometimes emotional testimony from social justice organizations, lawmakers, minimum wage employees, and business owners and advocates.
Lourdes Medical Center in Willingboro could become behavioral health, drug treatment hospital
The company’s future plan for the 173-bed Willingboro hospital was revealed in documents filed with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as part of the agency’s ongoing review of the proposed merger between the two South Jersey health care systems.
Proposed Virtua-Lourdes merger to proceed without Certificate of Need
Virtua announced in June it signed a definitive agreement with Lourdes’ parent company, Maxis, to acquire Lourdes and its hospitals Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro and Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden.
Hackensack Meridian Health, Carrier Clinic merger: Projects announced throughout NJ
The merger of Hackensack Meridian Health and Carrier Clinic is official, and executives already have plans underway for several behavioral health projects throughout the region.
Health care predictions: Industry insiders tell ROI-NJ what they see in 2019
What does the coming year look like for health care in New Jersey? ROI-NJ asked several insiders and a few themes emerged. Here’s what they had to say:
It took 8 years for these hospital nurses to get a contract
After eight years of trying, registered nurses at a South Jersey hospital have voted to approve their first-ever contract.
Hackensack Meridian gives nurses raises, pledges to hire more
Nurses from two Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals ratified a 22-month contract that includes a pledge to hire more nurses, satisfying what their union said was their biggest concern.