Lawrence General Hospital

MEDITECH Demonstrates Newest Expanse Innovations at HIMSS 2023

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Join MEDITECH at HIMSS2023 , April 17-21 in Chicago, IL and see how MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR can elevate the healthcare experience for your clinicians, patients, and communities.

Key Points: 
  • Join MEDITECH at HIMSS2023 , April 17-21 in Chicago, IL and see how MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR can elevate the healthcare experience for your clinicians, patients, and communities.
  • MEDITECH executives, clinician experts, and team will be there to share customer successes, as well as demonstrate the company’s latest innovations.
  • How our Expanse Now mobile app gives clinicians everywhere access to important messages, notifications, results, and tasks.
  • Visit MEDITECH’s HIMSS 2023 event page for the latest updates and additional information, including session times.

Lawrence General RNs Ratify New Contract; Call on Decision Makers to Direct Desperately Needed State and Federal Funds to the Beleaguered but Essential Hospital

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Monday, August 29, 2022
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The ratification comes after 14 months of contract negotiations, 12 of which included a federal mediator.

Key Points: 
  • The ratification comes after 14 months of contract negotiations, 12 of which included a federal mediator.
  • But when it comes to doing, why does LGH remain in such constant and desperate need of federal and state funding?
  • "To all the government officials who have been struggling with us to direct the funding this hospital and community need, thank you," added Spheekas.
  • For regular RNs, the elimination of a 20-year "tenure requirement" that previously stalled members on the wage scale at Step 19.

Lawrence General RNs Ratify New Contract; Call on Decision Makers to Direct Desperately Needed State and Federal Funds to the Beleaguered but Essential Hospital

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Friday, August 26, 2022
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The ratification comes after 14 months of contract negotiations, 12 of which included a federal mediator.

Key Points: 
  • The ratification comes after 14 months of contract negotiations, 12 of which included a federal mediator.
  • But when it comes to doing, why does LGH remain in such constant and desperate need of federal and state funding?
  • "To all the government officials who have been struggling with us to direct the funding this hospital and community need, thank you," added Spheekas.
  • For regular RNs, the elimination of a 20-year "tenure requirement" that previously stalled members on the wage scale at Step 19.

Nurses at Lawrence General Hospital Reach Late-Night Tentative Agreement with Management

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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LAWRENCE, Mass., July 28, 2022  /PRNewswire/ -- The five hundred unionized nurses of Lawrence General Hospital, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, reached a tentative contract agreement with hospital management at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 28.

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  • Scheduled Picket for This Afternoon (Thursday, July 28) Cancelled
    LAWRENCE, Mass., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The five hundred unionized nurses of Lawrence General Hospital, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, reached a tentative contract agreement with hospital management at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 28.
  • As a result, the nurses' informational picket that was scheduled for today (Thursday, July 28) from 2 to 5 p.m. will NOT occur.
  • Following a review of the tentative agreement by the union membership, as well as a still-to-be-scheduled ratification vote, highlights of the agreement will be shared in a subsequent media release.
  • Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest registered nurse union in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Nurses at Lawrence General to Picket on Thursday, July 28 from 2 to 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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LAWRENCE, Mass., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The five hundred unionized nurses of Lawrence General Hospital (LGH), who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), will hold an informational picket on Thursday, July 28, from 2 to 5 p.m. outside of the hospital's main entrance at 1 General St.

Key Points: 
  • Nurses' top priority in these negotiations is improving staffing so they can safely deliver the best possible care to patients.
  • The nurses, however, also understand the unique financial circumstances facing Lawrence General and know that they cannot achieve all the staffing ideals that, at a different time, they would be fighting for.
  • Instead, the nurses have offered creative and flexible options on how to make staffing improvements.
  • The nurses are seeking an enhancement to their retirement benefit to ensure that all nurses have a dignified retirement comparable to other nurses in the commonwealth.

Build Connections That Drive Change at MEDITECH LIVE

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Thursday, July 14, 2022
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MEDITECHs new collaborative leadership event, MEDITECH LIVE , will bring renowned healthcare changemakers and innovators together on September 20-22 at the MEDITECH Conference Center in Foxborough, MA.

Key Points: 
  • MEDITECHs new collaborative leadership event, MEDITECH LIVE , will bring renowned healthcare changemakers and innovators together on September 20-22 at the MEDITECH Conference Center in Foxborough, MA.
  • The MEDITECH LIVE event offers the opportunity for us to gain insights in all of these areas.
  • MEDITECH LIVE will take on a different format than most industry events.
  • Registration for MEDITECH LIVE 2022 is open to MEDITECH customers.

HITRUST Removes Barriers to Leveraging Information Assurance Results

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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FRISCO, Texas, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, HITRUST is announcing the general availability of the HITRUST Results Distribution System (RDS) to make it easier and more efficient to collect, inspect, export, and act upon findings in a third-party information assurance report.

Key Points: 
  • FRISCO, Texas, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, HITRUST is announcing the general availability of the HITRUST Results Distribution System (RDS) to make it easier and more efficient to collect, inspect, export, and act upon findings in a third-party information assurance report.
  • "Since every HITRUST assessment is performed leveraging a single assurance eco-system, we're uniquely positioned to enable and support the secure and seamless exchange and consumption of assessment results," said Kevin Charest, EVP, and Chief Technology Officer, HITRUST.
  • Details on RDS, its benefits, and how it works can be found on the HITRUST website here: HITRUST Results Distribution System .
  • Since it was founded in 2007, HITRUST has championed programs that safeguard sensitive information and manage information risk for organizations across all industries and throughout the third-party supply chain.

MNA: Years of Understaffing Exacerbated by Pandemic Drives 40% Loss of Nursing Staff at Northeast Hospital Corporation (Beverly Hospital & Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester) in the Last Three Years

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Thursday, February 3, 2022
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A breakdown of the nursing staff numbers can be found at the end of this release.

Key Points: 
  • A breakdown of the nursing staff numbers can be found at the end of this release.
  • Northeast Hospital Corporation is owned by the Beth Israel Lahey Health System, and is comprised of Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, and Lahey Outpatient Center in Danvers.
  • "The devastation of seeing our community suffer is unifying the nurses at Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital.
  • Data Showing the Turnover of Nursing Staff at Northeast Hospital Corp.
    Based on new 1/15/2022 data:

As Pandemic Rages On, Nurses at Lawrence General Hospital File Charge with NLRB Aimed at Correcting Management's Failure to Bargain in Good Faith During Contract Talks

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Monday, December 6, 2021
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Failure to negotiate the working conditions of a new step-down unit:The hospital is closing some ICU beds and moving them to a new "intermediate care unit."

Key Points: 
  • Failure to negotiate the working conditions of a new step-down unit:The hospital is closing some ICU beds and moving them to a new "intermediate care unit."
  • The hospital refuses to negotiate with the nurses over this unit's staffing and working conditions, which is required by law.
  • We have a great staff of nurses who are professionals and dedicated to the greater Lawrence community.
  • Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

CloudWave Launches Secure Enterprise Cloud Services with Seven New Healthcare Institutions

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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CloudWave , the largest independent cloud and managed services software hosting provider in healthcare, announced the company has recently launched OpSus Cloud Services with seven additional healthcare institutionsbringing its total number of hospitals and healthcare organizations to more than 200.

Key Points: 
  • CloudWave , the largest independent cloud and managed services software hosting provider in healthcare, announced the company has recently launched OpSus Cloud Services with seven additional healthcare institutionsbringing its total number of hospitals and healthcare organizations to more than 200.
  • Through its multi-cloud approach, CloudWave helps hospitals architect, build, and integrate a personalized solution using managed private cloud, public cloud, and cloud edge resources.
  • CloudWaves OpSus Cloud Services provide managed hosting, end-to-end disaster recovery, systems management, security, backup, and archiving services, supporting 125+ EHR, clinical, and enterprise applications.
  • As the largest, most experienced, and trusted independent software hosting provider in healthcare, CloudWave delivers enterprise cloud services to more than 200 hospitals and healthcare organizations, supporting 125+ EHR, clinical, and enterprise applications.