MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hilda'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848872&cid=t_376969_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffair-pay-and-unfunded-mandates%2F2010.08.09 This is my column in [the August 3rd] Atlanta Journal Constitution: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis recently produced an interesting public service announcement. In it, she stated that every worker deserves to be paid fairly for his or her labor (whether the worker is documented or not), and offered both a website and telephone hot-line which workers could use to report unfair payment by employers. (Incidentally, here’s the link: www.dol.gov/wecanhelp.) In the video, she stated succinctly, “You work hard, and you deserve to be paid fairly.” Those of us who practice medicine completely agree. So we might reasonably ask if this announcement also applies to physicians who are undercompensated for their work. This routinely happens when patients are covered by Medicare and Medic... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848872 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:00:42 +0100 3848872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648424&cid=t_376969_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdr-hilda-hutcherson-discusses-reasons-lack-latino-doctors%2F Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, associate dean for the Office of Diversity Affairs at Columbia University School of Medicine and other educators and physicians detail the reasons why the number of Latinos choosing medicine as a career is falling. Cited factors include a lack of emphasis on higher education degrees that require many years of study and commitment, an unwillingness to take on substantial debt, language barriers, and lack of family contributions to help pay tuition. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648424 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:18:24 +0100 3648424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632225&cid=t_376969_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fcongressman-raise-concern-health-safety-bp-oil-spill-workers%2F Reps James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have called for the the Obama Administration to get tougher with BP officials in safeguarding the health of the oil spill cleanup workers. The letter, addressed to Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis and EPA director Lisa Jackson references a memo from OSHA senior manager David Michaels describing the lack of oversight and commitment on the part of BP to the cleanup efforts. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632225 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:27:49 +0100 3632225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159693&cid=t_376969_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0ZazeckBhow%2F By David BoazThe Washington Post’s “Mega-Jobs” section, ballyhooed all week in radio ads and placards, turns out to be a pathetic six pages of classifieds. Not a great indication of recovery. At his December jobs summit, the president said, “I want to hear from CEOs about what’s holding back our business investment and how we can increase confidence and spur hiring.” Since then, and most recently in his Saturday radio address, he has promised to focus relentlessly on jobs. But he refuses to take a serious look at the burdens he and his administration are placing on job creation. American businesses already face the highest corporate tax rate in the OECD. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says her agency will seek to enact 90 rules and regulations this year to ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159693 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:24:31 +0100 3159693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441163&cid=t_376969_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAjEqW0zgX5g%2F In a hagiographic profile of Obama budget director Peter Orszag, Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker writes of the “pressure” he might get from congressional deficit hawks: The respective heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, John Spratt, Jr., of South Carolina, and Kent Conrad, of North Dakota, have spent years trying to control the deficit… Kent Conrad, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has made eradicating the federal budget deficit his life’s work. Now, you’d think that if the ranking Democrats on the congressional budget committees had made deficit reduction their life’s work, the budget wouldn’t have, you know, skyrocketed over the past decade and more. So let’s go to the tape. The National Taxpayers Union has given Spratt a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441163 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:48:39 +0100 2441163