Monique Hernandez is used to being shortstaffed. As a registered nurse at Riverside Community Hospital, she’s often saddled with more patients than she can safely handle. The nurse-to-patient ratio in her telemetry unit is supposed to be 1-4 at the maximum, yet some days she handles as many as five.
Hundreds of members of the Service Employees International Union plan to rally Jan. 12 at West Hills (Calif.) Hospital and Medical Center over staffing at hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
More than 7,000 union nurses went on strike in New York City this past week over concerns about understaffing and patient care. Workplace tensions are boiling over around the country this winter.
New analysis of federal data links HCA hospital staffing levels, which lag national average by 30%, to extreme worker burnout, patient care failures. Under-resourcing may boost HCA profits and corporate payouts by billions per year, while driving down standards for care.
Belton Regional Medical Center 5 CMS Violations since 2012-10-03 Medicare ID: 260214 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 17065 South 71 Highway Belton, MO 64012 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis Non Immediate Jeopardy Violations Violation Name: COMPLIANCE WITH 489.24 Inspection Date: 2020-05-13 (Event ID: EYGN11) Facility Name: BELTON REGIONAL… Continue reading Belton Regional Medical Center
Riverside Community Hospital 116 CMS Violations since 2011-04-27 Medicare ID: 050022 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 4445 Magnolia Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis Violations Violation Name: INTEGRATION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES Inspection Date: 2019-04-11 (Event ID: TGS511) Facility Name: RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Show Text of… Continue reading Riverside Community Hospital
West Hills Hospital & Medical Center Medicare ID: 050481 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 7300 Medical Center Drive West Hills, CA 91307 West Hills Hospital & Medical Center had no statements of deficiency available at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc/Hospitals as of 09/13/2022 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis DISCLAIMER: The CMS… Continue reading CMS-West-Hills-Hospital-&-Medical-Center
Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER Medicare ID: 170202 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 2610 North Woodlawn Boulevard Wichita, KS 67220 Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER had no statements of deficiency available at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc/Hospitals as of 09/13/2022 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis DISCLAIMER: The CMS violation information provided… Continue reading CMS-Wesley-Woodlawn-Hospital-&-ER
Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital Medicare ID: 050749 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 401 East Rolling Oaks Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital had no statements of deficiency available at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc/Hospitals as of 09/13/2022 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis DISCLAIMER: The CMS violation information provided… Continue reading CMS-Thousand-Oaks-Surgical-Hospital
Texas Orthopedic Hospital Medicare ID: 450804 Type Of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Address: 7401 South Main Street Houston, TX 77030 Texas Orthopedic Hospital had no statements of deficiency available at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc/Hospitals as of 09/13/2022 Back to Facilities Map ___ More About HCA’s Care Crisis DISCLAIMER: The CMS violation information provided by HCA Vs. America… Continue reading CMS-Texas-Orthopedic-Hospital