Elected officials, community activists and Jackson caregivers packed today’s Financial Recovery Board meeting to oppose plans to privatize Jackson’s ER services.
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The Miami Herald: Jackson Health System projects a financial surplus for 2013, approves UM deal
Jackson Health System, long in the red, is projecting a net surplus next fiscal year of $35 million — money the public hospitals badly need to pay off bills and start making facility improvements.Altogether, with the help of county bond money, Jackson leaders hope to plow $63 million into capital improvements in the fiscal yearContinue reading “The Miami Herald: Jackson Health System projects a financial surplus for 2013, approves UM deal”
The Miami Herald: Jackson too weak, county too divided to provide good safety net, study says
While other cities are charging ahead to create integrated healthcare systems for the poor and uninsured in preparation for healthcare reform, little is being done in the Miami area because the system is “fragmented,” according to a new report from the journal Health Affairs.
The Miami Herald: “Jackson Health System board votes to escrow UM payment”
Fed up with the slowness of negotiations with the University of Miami, the board of the Jackson Health System voted unanimously Thursday to start putting $3.6 million of its monthly payments to the medical school into an escrow account until a deal gets done.
The Miami Herald: Chair of Jackson Health System pushes for revised board
The Charter Review Task Force has rejected a proposal to create a new governing board for Jackson Health System, but Marcos Lapciuc, Jackson’s board chairman, is continuing to push for a revised governing structure to replace the present Financial Recovery Board, which is scheduled to sunset next spring.
Miami Herald Op-Ed: “Jackson’s reinvention in the making”
Wonders happen at Jackson Health System. The teenager saved after being shot through the head with a spear gun. The baby whose life-threatening tumor was removed before she was even born. The ailing Army veteran who received a kidney from her daughter just in time for Mother’s Day. The homeless man whose face is being put back together after a vicious attack on the MacArthur Causeway.
Meet Your New Jackson North Union Stewards!
Congratulations to the Newly Elected Union Stewards at Jackson North! Unit/Location First Name Last Name JNMC ACC OutPatient Surgery Marilou Ortega JNMC ER Darling Dorismond JNMC ER Sterling Jackson JNMC ICU Donna Bent JNMC ICU Norma Sutherland JNMC Lab-CATH Ann Wroy Etienne JNMC Labor & Delivery Ridza Albert JNMC Labor & Delivery Judith Bivins JNMCContinue reading “Meet Your New Jackson North Union Stewards!”
VICTORY FOR JACKSON! – Proposal to Change Hospital’s Governance Structure FAILS!
Today was a huge victory for the people of Miami-Dade County and our ongoing fight to keep Jackson Health System public! At the final Charter Review Task Force meeting, the controversial, rushed proposal to change Jackson’s governance structure – which had serious implications for the future of our public hospital – FAILED in a 7-4 vote. This latest win illustrates the power of our community when we unite in the fight to preserve our public hospital.
The Miami Herald: “Should government hospitals be sold?”
The debate over the future of Florida’s government-owned hospitals will play out Wednesday in Hollywood Memorial as hospital leaders hold a legislatively mandated public meeting to discuss the “possible benefits” of the sale of the $1 billion Memorial Healthcare System.
Local 1991 Wins Back PL Time for OR On-Call Nurses
SEIU Local 1991 scored a major victory in winning a class-action grievance for OR on-call nurses after management had violated a longstanding past practice for compensating nurses in the OR who were on-call. The union had filed a grievance and the issue was resolved on Monday, March 26th, with management recognizing the past practice. TheContinue reading “Local 1991 Wins Back PL Time for OR On-Call Nurses”