Tag Archives: Medical

An estimated 1,200 nurses at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center walked off the job Tuesday in a dispute regarding wages and working conditions. The nurses are scheduled to return to work Thursday after two days on the picket line, and in the meantime contract talks are ongoing, according to officials on …

A private hospital consulting firm could be paid close to $2 million for helping to keep Riverside County Regional Medical Center profitable. The county Board of Supervisors approved two contracts Tuesday with Huron Healthcare that could keep that company on the county’s payroll until at least 2017, according to a …

A 50-bed rehabilitation hospital will be built in Murrieta. Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth plans to begin construction during the third quarter of 2016, according to a company statement. The two-story, 54,000-square-foot facility will treat patients recovering from major injuries, illnesses and surgeries. The hospital, which will provide about 300 construction jobs …

Riverside Medical Clinic, the largest private provider of ambulatory care in the Inland Empire, is expanding. The company has partnered with Humana Inc. and will open two new primary care practices in Riverside County, said Ruthan Smith, vice president of marketing for Riverside Medical. Both facilities are currently under construction …

San Bernardino will continue to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Following a closed session Monday, city council members announced the city will continue its prohibition rather than consider allowing regulated dispensaries, according to a report in the San Bernardino County Sun. In fact, the city plans to get even more aggressive …

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center nurses protested today outside the San Bernardino County Government Center regarding stalled contract negotiations. The nurses, all members of the California Nurses Association, maintain that the delay at the Colton hospital is putting patients there in harms way, according to a report in the Inland Valley …