Workforce

Nurses want more say in healthcare reform debate
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:27 am | October 01, 2009
A professional nurses organization announced Thursday that they would like to be included in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.
Globally, patients pay the price for insufficient nursing staff, large workloads
By Chelsey Ledue | 10:51 am | July 02, 2009
Nurses believe that heavy workloads and insufficient staff are impacting patient care and health outcomes around the world, according to research presented at the International Council of Nurses' 24th Quadrennial Congress.
Employers should expect healthcare costs to increase by 9 percent in 2010
By Molly Merrill | 10:31 am | June 18, 2009
Healthcare costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another nine percent next year, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.