San Francisco Bay Area Q3 2009 News
SF Bay Hospital News
SEIU local says it’s saved 150 Kaiser pharmacy jobs in Northern California. September 29, 2009
The SEIU United Healthcare Workers West unit said it has reached a compromise agreement with Kaiser Permanente that will preserve 150 pharmacy jobs in Northern California that had been targeted for layoffs.
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San Ramon Regional gets OKs for $10.7M expansion of ER and labs. August 28, 2009
Tenet Healthcare Corp., San Ramon Regional’s parent company, recently approved the capital expenditure, and the hospital also recently won approval from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for its plans to expand. The project will increase the size of the existing emergency department, increasing capacity from nine to 16 patient beds, and expand the clinical laboratory, expanding the footprint of the original building. It will add an isolation room for contagious patients, private enclosed patient rooms, an enlarged waiting room, and a dedicated X-ray machine for the ER, and result in enhanced work-space for the 123-bed hospital’s chemistry, hematology and blood bank. It is scheduled for completion in 2011.
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John Muir nabs $10M for expansion. August 14, 2009
John Muir Health, through its Walnut Creek-based John Muir Health Foundation, has scored a $10 million gift to help fund a $170 million expansion project at its Concord medical campus. The new inpatient tower in Concord will add 61 new private rooms to the facility and house both the John Muir Health Cardiovascular Institute and a larger, relocated ER. It is set to open by early 2011.
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Kaiser Permanente to slash 1,200 NorCal jobs. August 11, 2009
Kaiser Permanente is cutting 1,200 jobs as it continues to struggle with enrollment losses and the tough economic environment. The layoffs affect “just under” 2 percent of Kaiser’s overall workforce, and about one-third of the jobs eliminated were described as involving “temporary, on-call or short-hour employees.” Primary job classifications that are being affected include housekeeping, pharmacy technicians and clerks, unit assistants, transcription/medical secretaries, health information management clerks and local business offices.
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