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		<title>Health Care IC to award Best Paper Prize for graduate student papers at next LERA Annual Meeting</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/health-care-ic-to-award-best-paper-prize-for-graduate-student-papers-at-next-lera-annual-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/health-care-ic-to-award-best-paper-prize-for-graduate-student-papers-at-next-lera-annual-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[HCIC Announcements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dana Weinberg]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Givan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Care Industry Council is hosting a graduate student panel at the  62nd Annual LERA meeting on Saturday January 2nd, 2010 at 3pm.
We are seeking submissions of papers that address any aspect of healthcare  work or the healthcare industry. The HCIC will award a best paper prize for the  best graduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Direct Care Work: Integrating Theory, Research and Practice</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/improving-direct-care-work-integrating-theory-research-and-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/improving-direct-care-work-integrating-theory-research-and-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Leana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Appelbaum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Ochsner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Improving Direct Care Work: Integrating Theory, Research and Practice
by Michele Ochsner, Carrie Leana and Eileen Appelbaum
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		<title>Lack of Coordination Hampers US Health System</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/lack-of-coordination-hampers-us-health-system/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/lack-of-coordination-hampers-us-health-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Policy Briefs and Opinion/Editorials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jody Hoffer Gittell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of Coordination Hampers US Health System
by Jody Hoffer Gittell
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		<title>A Dual-Driver Model of Retention and Turnover in the Direct Care Workforce</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/a-dual-driver-model-of-retention-and-turnover-in-the-direct-care-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/a-dual-driver-model-of-retention-and-turnover-in-the-direct-care-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Leana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jules Rosen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vikas Mittal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Dual-Driver Model of Retention and Turnover in the Direct Care Workforce
by Vikas Mittal, Jules Rosen and Carrie Leana
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		<title>Role for a Labor-Management Partnership in Nursing Home Person-Centered Care</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/role-for-a-labor-management-partnership-in-nursing-home-person-centered-care/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/09/role-for-a-labor-management-partnership-in-nursing-home-person-centered-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Bishop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Dodson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Walter Leutz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Role for a Labor-Management Partnership in Nursing Home Person-Centered Care
by Walter Leutz, Christine Bishop and Lisa Dodson
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		<title>Changing Organizational Designs and Frontiers of Healthcare Clinics</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/changing-organizational-designs-and-frontiers-of-healthcare-clinics/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/changing-organizational-designs-and-frontiers-of-healthcare-clinics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Van de Van]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ricky Leung]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Changing Organizational Designs and Frontiers of Healthcare Clinics
By Andrew Van de Ven and Ricky Leung
This paper empirically examines the relative performance and adaptiveness of generalist and specialist organizational designs in changing fitness landscapes over time.  We apply Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) to examine the performance of primary care medical clinics that are designed to serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Action Items for the HCIC Going Forward</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/action-items-for-the-hcic-from-52909-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/action-items-for-the-hcic-from-52909-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Action Items Coming Out of Chicago HCIC Meeting 5/29/09
At the Industry Studies Conference in Chicago (May 27-29th), HCIC members met briefly Thursday at lunch to share current areas of research and then in a more leisurely way on Friday afternoon to develop a plan of action.  Here are the action items we developed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Under Pressure: Primary Care Physicians and Their Medicine in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/practice-under-pressure-primary-care-physicians-and-their-medicine-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/practice-under-pressure-primary-care-physicians-and-their-medicine-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Hoff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Practice Under Pressure: Primary Care Physicians and Their Medicine in the 21st Century
By Timothy Hoff
Through 95 in-depth interviews with primary care physicians (PCPs) working in different settings, as well as medical students and residents, Practice Under Pressure provides rich insight into the everyday lives of generalist physicians in the early 21st century.
Available in October 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporal Flexibility and Careers: The Role of Large-Scale Organizations for Physicians</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/temporal-flexibility-and-careers-the-role-of-large-scale-organizations-for-physicians/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/06/temporal-flexibility-and-careers-the-role-of-large-scale-organizations-for-physicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Forrest Briscoe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Temporal Flexibility and Careers: The Role of Large-Scale Organizations for Physicians
By Forrest Briscoe
This study investigates how employment in large-scale organizations affects the work lives of practicing physicians.  Well-established theory associates larger organizations with bureaucratic constraint, loss of workplace control, and dissatisfaction, but this author finds that large scale is also associated with greater scheduling and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 25th Webcast: Healthcare Reform from the Whitehouse to the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/webcast-healthcare-reform-from-the-whitehouse-to-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/webcast-healthcare-reform-from-the-whitehouse-to-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Judy Salamon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Lazes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Givan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ILR ONLINE
Heathcare Reform from the Whitehouse to the Workplace
Date:  Thursday, June 25, 2009
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EST)
This webcast is FREE of charge.
Speakers
Rebecca Givan, Assistant Professor of Collective Bargaining, Cornell University ILR School
Peter Lazes, Senior Extension Associate, Director of the Healthcare Transformation Project, and Director of the Program for Economic Transitions, Cornell University ILR School

Facilitator
Julie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Hospitals Don&#8217;t Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/why-hospitals-dont-learn-from-failures/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/why-hospitals-dont-learn-from-failures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amy Edmondson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anita Tucker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why Hospitals Don&#8217;t Learn from Failures
By Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson



The importance of hospitals learning from their failures hardly needs to be stated.  Not only are matters of life and death at stake on a daily basis, but also an increasing number of U.S. hospitals are operating in the red.  This article reports on in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Adoption Gap: Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/the-adoption-gap-health-information-technology-in-small-physician-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/the-adoption-gap-health-information-technology-in-small-physician-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carol Cain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Helen Burstin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jason Lee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Chockley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scott Young]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Adoption Gap
By Jason Lee, Carol Cain, Scott Young, Nancy Chockley and Helen Burstin
Health information technology (HIT) can promote higher quality, lower costs, and increased patient and clinician satisfaction.  Yet small practice settings (where the vast majority of patient care is provided) have been slow to adopt HIT products and services.  Successful adoption requires close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coordination in Fast-Response Organizations</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/coordination-in-fast-response-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/coordination-in-fast-response-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Samer Faraj]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yan Xiao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coordination in Fast-Response Organizations
By Samer Faraj and Yan Xiao
Organizational coordination has traditionally been viewed from an organizational design perspective where rules, modalities and structures are used to meet the information processing demands of the environment.  Fast-response organizations face unique coordination challenges as they operate under conditions of high uncertainty, fast decision making and where mistakes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Work: The Emergence of Collaborative Community</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/professional-work-the-emergence-of-collaborative-community/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/professional-work-the-emergence-of-collaborative-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charles Heckscher]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Adler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seok-Woo Kwon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professional Work: The Emergence of Collaborative Community
By Paul Adler, Seok-Woo Kwon and Charles Heckscher
This paper traces the main lines of evolution of the organization of professional work.  The argument is illustrated with material on the case of doctors and hospitals.  Market and hierarchy principles have become progressively more salient in professional work; but we argue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform and the Workplace Experience of Nurses: Implications for Patient Care and Union Organizing</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/challenges-facing-nurses%e2%80%99-associations-and-unions-a-global-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/challenges-facing-nurses%e2%80%99-associations-and-unions-a-global-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Darlene Clark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Shea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Clark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Healthcare Reform and the Workplace Experience of Nurses
By Paul Clark, Darlene Clark, David Day and Dennis Shea

The introduction of market-based reforms over the past twenty-five years has fundamentally changed the way healthcare is delivered in the United States. This paper reports the results of a survey of the workplace experiences and attitudes of hospital-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses&#8217; Unions Efforts to Give RNs a Greater Voice in Patient Care</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/nurses-unions-efforts-to-give-rns-a-greater-voice-in-patient-care/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/nurses-unions-efforts-to-give-rns-a-greater-voice-in-patient-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Darlene Clark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Clark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nurses&#8217; Unions Efforts to Give RNs a Greater Voice in Patient Care
By Paul Clark and Darlene Clark

This paper will examine the efforts of nurses&#8217; unions to give registered nurses (RNs) a greater voice in the delivery of patient care in acute-care hospitals.  Collective bargaining provides a forum in which nurses can voice their concerns about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating the Quality of Interactions between Medical Students and Nurses in a Large Teaching Hospital</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/evaluating-the-quality-of-interactions-between-medical-students-and-nurses-in-a-large-teaching-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/evaluating-the-quality-of-interactions-between-medical-students-and-nurses-in-a-large-teaching-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Research Clearinghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gregory Nadolski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evaluating the Quality of Interactions between Medical Students and Nurses in a Large Teaching Hospital
By Gregory Nadolski, Mary Bell, Barbara Brewer, Richard Frandel, Herbert Cushing and James Brewer
Effective health care depends on multidisciplinary collaboration and teamwork, and yet little is know about how well medical students and nurses interact in the hospital environment, where physicians-in-training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The High Road to Better Care (and Stronger Unions)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Carlson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The High Road to Better Care (and Stronger Unions)
By Peter Carlson and Peter Lazes

The conventional wisdom among most hospital managers is that unions have very little to offer when it comes to improving the quality and efficiency of patient care.  In fact, many believe that unions just get in the way.  However, that may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modularity and the Coordination of Complex Work: The Case of Post-Surgical Patient Care</title>
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		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/05/modularity-and-the-coordination-of-complex-work-the-case-of-post-surgical-patient-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Farbod Hagigi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Modularity and the Coordination of Complex Work: The Case of Post-Surgical Patient Care
By Jody Hoffer Gittell, Farbod Hagigi and Dana Weinberg
We examine the coordination of a modular system under varying degrees of complexity, exploring how work is coordinated within and between modules.  In so doing, we offer a new approach to the concept of modularity.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Recovery Act Funds to Improve Direct Care Jobs and the Quality of Direct Care Service</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/04/direct-care-alliance-policy-brief-1/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/04/direct-care-alliance-policy-brief-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jody Hoffer Gittell</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Appelbaum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using Recovery Act Funds to Improve Direct Care Jobs and the Quality of Direct Care Service
By Shawn Fremstad
Direct care workers, including nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal and home care aides, constitute one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of the low-wage workforce.  Strategies to improve the quality of these jobs can help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Policy to Support Healthcare Reform: An SEIU Report</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/labor-policy-seiu-report/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/labor-policy-seiu-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Bishop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Berzon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Policy to Support Healthcare Reform: An SEIU Report
By Christine Bishop, Thomas A. Kochan, and Stephen Berzon
There is universal agreement that along with expanding access, healthcare reform will need to address quality and cost problems   There is also a growing consensus that addressing these problems requires an engaged, coordinated healthcare workforce, labor-management relations that support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease  Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities
By Jeffrey Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America&#8217;s Health
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		<title>Kaiser-Permanente Healthy Workforce: A Labor Management Partnership</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/kp-healthy-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/kp-healthy-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Tammy Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kaiser-Permanente  Healthy Workforce: A Labor Management Partnership
By Tammy Jones, Vice President of Healthy Workforce, Kaiser-Permanente
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		<title>The Role of Union Leadership and Union Attitudes in Healthcare Workers&#8217; Preparedness for Technological Innovation</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/role-of-union/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/role-of-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Julie Sadler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Role  of Union Leadership and Union Attitudes in Healthcare Workers&#8217; Preparedness for Technological Innovation
By Julie Sadler

The present paper investigates the relationship between union members&#8217; views about the participatory style of the union leadership, commitment to the union, and commitment to the nursing home.  Understanding the relationship between union leadership, union commitment, and organizational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pathways to Better Healthcare: Electronic Medical Records Keeping, Employment and Labor Relations, and Resident Care</title>
		<link>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/pathways-hc-recordkeeping/</link>
		<comments>http://healthcare-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/pathways-hc-recordkeeping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Ariel Avgar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Lipsky]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[James Lamare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pathways to Better Healthcare: Electronic Medical Records Keeping, Employment and Labor  Relations, and Resident Care
By David B. Lipsky, Ariel Avgar and James Lamare

An important element in President-Elect Obama&#8217;s economic stimulus proposal is his plan to invest a significant proportion of federal dollars in installing electronic medical records (EMR) in U.S. healthcare institutions.  In emphasizing [...]]]></description>
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