The Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients

08.05.10
Globe Op Ed: Critical Care -- A lower nurse-to-patient ratio results in significantly fewer patient deaths and less professional burnout
11.02.09
How safe is your hospital? Recent attacks highlight potential for violence
Patient Safety Act is Focus of State House Hearing on November 3
12.04.08
Rapid Response Teams Don't Cut Hospital Heart Attacks, Death Rates
08.01.08
Legislative Session Ends in Stalemate on Safe Staffing Bill
06.25.08
Nurses/Advocates Outraged by Senate Ways & Means Committee’s Gutting of Safe Staffing Bill, Which Will Codify Current Unsafe Conditions in Hospitals and Continue to Place Thousands of Patients in Jeopardy
06.25.08
New Study Links Nurse Understaffing to Increase in Deadly Infections
06.24.08
State Rep. and RN Mary Grant Publishes Powerful Op Ed in Support of the Patient Safet Act
06.19.08
'Fatal Care': Medical errors cause 98,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year
05.22.08
House Passes Landmark Bill on RN Staffing and Patient Safety in Massachusetts Hospitals
05.14.08
Advocates for Patient Safety Act Appear on Local Talk Show Click on "Patient Safety Act" Link to View Program
05.12.08
Patient Advocates & Nurses Decry Hospital Industry's Continued Effort to Derail Legislation That Would Protect Patients and Save Lives
05.05.08
- Full House Vote on Patient Safety Act Scheduled for May 21 or 22!
- Patient Safety Act is Approved by Health Care Financing Committee
  Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships – State House Rally for the Bill on May 6
- Grammy Award Winner Patti LaBelle to Speak at National Nurses Day Event - May 6 at 10 a.m.
03.25.08
New TV Ad Provides Patients' Perspective on Need for Safe Patient Limits
02.28.08
Patient Safety Act is Approved by Public Health Committee
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships
11.30.07
Testimony and Commentary from the State House Hearing on H. 2059
10.24.07
- Patient Safety Advocates of all Ages Urge Passage of “The Patient Safety Act” at State House Hearing
  Hundreds Come Together to Expose Dangers of Hospital Understaffing
- Massachusetts Patients Say Nurse Understaffing Compromises Patient Safety
  Statewide Survey Finds More Than 235,000 (>1-in-4) Patients Per Year Feel Their Safety Has Been Compromised in Bay State Hospitals

10.19.07
New Radio Ads Highlight Need for Passage of H. 2059
In anticipation of the important Oct. 24th State House hearing before the public health committee on the Patient Safety Act (H. 2059), the Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients and the MNA have launched a radio ad campaign to draw attention to the current patient safety crisis and the need for passage of the safe staffing bill as a solution.
09.28.07
Financial Report Shows Hospitals Continue to Post Record Profits in 2007 Approaching $500 Million in Second Qtr – A 35 % Increase Over 2006
During the Same Time Period, Poor RN Staffing Contributes to Thousands of Preventable Infections, Causing Patients to Suffer While Hospitals’ Coffers Grow
09.18.07
Advocates for Patient Safety Rally on the South Coast
Urge lawmakers to pass bill that will improve patient care, set safe RN-to-Patient Ratios
07.23.07
Yet Another New Study Links RN Nurse Staffing To An Increase in Patient Infections and Hospital Costs
Study Bolsters Case for Increasing RN Staffing in Hospitals
05.29.07
New Study Finds ICU Nurse Staffing and Working Conditions Linked to Increase in Infections and Deaths Among Elderly Patients
03.22.07
New Financial Report Shows Hospitals Posted Record Profits in 2006
01.16.07
- Tune into WBUR Radio, 90.9 FM for a Special Three-Part Series on the Nursing Shortage Series Runs During NPR's Morning Edition on Jan. 17 - 19th
- MNA re-files safe staffing legislation
07.20.06
- Staff RN Alert: Don't be fooled by hospital industry impersonators on Safe RN Staffing bill
- The Safe RN Staffing bill in California is Working!
07.11.06
ADVOCATES FOR PATIENT SAFETY URGE SENATE TO ACT ON NURSE STAFFING LEGISLATION
BOSTON—Chanting “vote, vote, vote,” supporters of legislation that would require a state public health agency to establish staffing standards for nurses in acute care hospitals in Massachusetts today urged the state Senate to take action on the bill.
05.22.06
How They Voted
Joint Committees on Public Health and Health Care Finance approve the compromise bill on Safe RN Staffing
05.18.06
Compromise Bill on RN Staffing in Hospitals is Approved by Public Health Committee, Clearing Hurdle for a House Vote on May 23rd
MNA Applauds the Measure as a Balanced and Fair Solution that will Protect Patients While Addressing Every Concern Raised by the Hospital Industry
04.28.06
House Leadership Unveils Compromise Bill on RN Staffing – House Vote Set for May 23
MNA Strongly Supports the Measure as a Balanced and Fair Solution that Promises to Address a Growing Crisis in Patient Safety in the State’s Hospitals
04.11.06
Patient Advocate & Parent of a Child Who Died Due to a Medical Error
Joins Campaign for New Law to Set Safe Limits on Patients Assigned to RNs
MNA Previews New Radio Ad in Support of H. 2663
John McCormack, a prominent patient safety advocate and author of Taylor’s Law, which made health care providers more accountable, announced today that he is campaigning for passage of H. 2663...
03.14.06
Chair of Public Health Committee Announces Pending Draft of a Compromise Bill on RN Staffing
MNA Remains Committed to Working on a Meaningful Compromise on Legislation that Protects Patients and Addresses a Growing Nursing Crisis
This morning, at an Executive Session of the Joint Committee on Public Health, Chairman Peter Koutoujian (D-Waltham) announced that the committee is putting the final touches on a redraft of legislation based on two closely watched bills that attempt to deal with a growing patient safety crisis in Massachusetts hospitals.
01.30.06
New Information on MHA Web Site: Latest Ploy to Avoid Safe RN-to-Patient Limits
Will Do Nothing to Protect Patients from Dangerous Conditions
New information on the Massachusetts Hospital Association's Web site—which claims to disclose hospital staffing plans—will do nothing to protect patients or improve deteriorating patient care conditions in the state's acute care hospitals.
01.17.06
Another Study Makes Business Case for Increasing RN Staffing in Hospitals
Better RN Ratios Save Thousands of Lives and Millions of Dollars
A major study just published in the January/February issue of the journal Health Affairs shows that an "unequivocal business case" can be made for increasing the level of registered nurse staffing in hospitals—a move that could pay for itself in fewer patient deaths, shorter hospital stays, and decreased rates of costly medical complications.
01.03.06
Hospital Profits Near $1 Billion: Industry Still Refuses to Set Limit on a Nurses' Patient Load
Industry Still Refuses to Set Limit on a Nurses’ Patient Load
At a time when patient safety is being endangered by RN understaffing, the state’s hospitals have posted astounding profits totaling nearly $1 billion for the past fiscal year.

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