Posts Tagged ‘health care’

Legacies: Venola Schmidt, 1919-2001

The Good Life [p. 16], August 1, 2001

A eulogy delivered by Toni Inglis at Venola Schmidt’s memorial service on June 23, 2001, at First Unitarian Church. The Tuesday after Venola died, former […]

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Social stigma core cause for fewer mental hospitals

Austin American-Statesman, February 7, 2001

The Jan. 29 front-page Austin American-Statesman article, “Is a single psychiatric hospital enough to serve Austin patients?” discusses what’s available for Austinites needing inpatient mental […]

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Seeking magnet hospital status: a TNA member’s account of the arduous application process

Texas Nursing [Vol. 74, No. 9, pp. 7-12], October 1, 2000

Let’s face it.  The current healthcare environment is not conducive to optimal nurse staffing.  A synergy of factors works to exacerbate the staffing problem:  a […]

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A capital way to serve the poor

The Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998

[This letter to the editor was in response to a Wall Street Journal feature article critical of the Daughters of Charity for having large financial […]

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AISD must retain its registered nurse staff

Austin American-Statesman, June 6, 1996

On the heels of a stunning victory for Austin schoolchildren – the citizen vote approving $370 million in bonds for school improvements – comes an […]

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“HMOs investing in tobacco industry represents conflict of values

Texas Nursing [Vol. 69, No. 8, p. 3], September 1, 1995

A December 21, 1994 Wall Street Journal article described how the health maintenance organization (HMO) industry had amassed so much cash – 9 billion dollars […]

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Serving the public

The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 1995

Having attended the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin, I take exception to the June 7 lead article decrying the perceived liberal bent of […]

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Austin must work to keep Brackenridge

Austin American-Statesman, March 25, 1995

As a member of the Brackenridge Evaluation Team, an activist in community affairs, and a practicing nurse at Seton since 1979, I am in full […]

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Hospital merger risky

Austin American-Statesman, October 26, 1994

The recently announced $5 billion stock-swap merger between the nation’s two largest for-profit hospital chains, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and HealthTrust Inc., makes Columbia the biggest […]

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Nursing not the place for hospitals to cut costs

Austin American-Statesman, November 16, 1993

The lead article in the Statesman’s Oct. 31 Business section about the problems facing Seton and its new CEO, Charles Barnett, really hit home. The […]

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