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Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
HCA nurses protest in front of Frist Gala over staffing shortages
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — About 100 HCA Healthcare workers protested Saturday in front of the Frist Art Museum, where executives gathered for the 2025 Frist Gala. Two members of the Frist family were co-founders of Hospital Corporation of America, which is now known as HCA Healthcare, according to the company's website. 'While the billionaires are inside partying, the hospitals that HCA owns are severely understaffed, and they're hurting patients and they're hurting our communities,' said Hannah Drummond, a registered nurse who traveled to Nashville from Asheville, North Carolina. Drummond works at Mission Hospital, which she said is hundreds of nurses short. Families of child abuse victims speak out following Pulaski daycare worker's arrest Valerie Jan, a registered nurse from Port Charlotte, Florida, said her facility is also dealing with staffing issues. 'We don't have the staff, we don't have the supplies, and there's an increase in workplace violence because of their neglect,' Jan told News 2. According to its website, HCA Healthcare is made up of locally managed facilities, including more than 180 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom. 'Those billionaires in [the Frist Gala] are patients, so you would think they would care more about staffing the hospitals appropriately than their greed,' Jan added. ⏩ News 2 reached out to HCA Healthcare regarding this protest, but we have yet to hear back. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Time Magazine
26-04-2025
- Health
- Time Magazine
Former Republican Senator Bill Frist on How Climate Is a Health Issue
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist wants everyone to know that the climate crisis is a health crisis. 'After decades in medicine, in that operating room as a surgeon, and then 12 years in the United States Senate, and then a lot of time as a healthcare entrepreneur, I came to see something fundamental, that the health of our planet and our globe…and the health of the human being himself, we've regarded those as separate, when in truth, they are inseparable,' Frist said at the TIME Earth Awards in Manhattan on April 23. Frist began his career as a physician and surgeon before joining the Senate in 1995. Since retiring, he's turned his focus to the climate crisis. Now, he believes that to get people to connect with the climate crisis it has to be made personal. 'No one wants their child to develop asthma from polluted air, no one wants to watch a loved one suffer from a heatwave,' Frist said. 'When we view the Earth's health… through the lens of human health—we touch those individual hearts and minds and move people with that common language.' Frist said his experience advocating—and seeing meaningful change—on big issues like reducing smoking, controlling HIV, and slashing childhood traffic fatalities, has shown him that climate action is possible—as long as people come together with a shared goal. And the will is there: 70% of Americans recognize climate change as a serious concern. He urged doctors and nurses to 'be the messengers' of the climate crisis. 'It's those healers and doctors and nurses who are on the front lines. It's them responding to the health impacts of the natural disasters that we know are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity, the spreading of diseases from deforestation and the changing climates that we know all are occurring, and the repercussions of polluted water and soil on health.' He closed out his speech with a message to 'lead with health.' 'Because in the end, it isn't just about saving the planet.' Frist said. 'It is about saving lives and saving people.'
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bill Frist Accepts 2025 TIME Earth Award
Bill Frist on May 10, 2023. Credit - Tom Williams—CQ-Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist wants everyone to know that the climate crisis is a health crisis. 'After decades in medicine, in that operating room as a surgeon, and then 12 years in the United States Senate, and then a lot of time as a healthcare entrepreneur, I came to see something fundamental, that the health of our planet and our globe…and the health of the human being himself, we've regarded those as separate, when in truth, they are inseparable,' Frist said at the TIME Earth Awards in Manhattan on April 23. Frist began his career as a physician and surgeon before joining the Senate in 1995. Since retiring, he's turned his focus to the climate crisis. Now, he believes that to get people to connect with the climate crisis it has to be made personal. 'No one wants their child to develop asthma from polluted air, no one wants to watch a loved one suffer from a heatwave,' Frist said. 'When we view the Earth's health… through the lens of human health—we touch those individual hearts and minds and move people with that common language.' Frist said his experience advocating—and seeing meaningful change—on big issues like reducing smoking, controlling HIV, and slashing childhood traffic fatalities, has shown him that climate action is possible—as long as people come together with a shared goal. And the will is there: 70% of Americans recognize climate change as a serious concern. He urged doctors and nurses to 'be the messengers' of the climate crisis. 'It's those healers and doctors and nurses who are on the front lines. It's them responding to the health impacts of the natural disasters that we know are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity, the spreading of diseases from deforestation and the changing climates that we know all are occurring, and the repercussions of polluted water and soil on health.' He closed out his speech with a message to 'lead with health.' 'Because in the end, it isn't just about saving the planet.' Frist said. 'It is about saving lives and saving people.' TIME Earth Awards was presented by Official Timepiece Rolex and Galvanize Climate Solutions. Write to Simmone Shah at
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
HealthStream Embraces Hybrid, High-Performance Corporate Culture, Reducing Office Space via Partial Subleasing of its Nashville Office
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthStream, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading healthcare technology platform company for workforce solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement to sublease a portion of its office space in Nashville, Tennessee. After careful evaluation, the Company has determined that a hybrid work approach—one that incorporates a blend of in-person and remote work—is best suited for optimizing its workforce performance to deliver positive results for customers, employees, and shareholders. Our strong performance culture is evidenced by HealthStream recently being awarded the #1 spot in G2's prestigious "2025 Best Software in Healthcare" list across all software of any type that is used in the healthcare industry. Subleasing its 9th and 10th floor space in the Capitol View building, while retaining its 8th floor space at that location, allows HealthStream to maintain a state-of-the-art, central location in its dynamic home city of Nashville—the healthcare city—to convene employees, customers, and stakeholders for the type of work best done in-person while right-sizing its overall office footprint. HealthStream's corporate headquarters will remain in Nashville in the Capitol View building, while the Company will continue hiring new employees both locally and nationally to support its growth. Robert A. Frist, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, HealthStream said, "Our results over the last five years have shown our hybrid work approach and high-performance culture are the right fit for HealthStream and an attractive option for the employees we need to continue our growth. The key to our success in this approach is our sharp focus on continuous and enhanced productivity measurement, goal-alignment, and the right mix of in-person and virtual collaboration—often optimized with the use of new technologies." Frist added, "Our hybrid work policy carries a high bar for employees' performance, availability, responsiveness, and overall contribution value to the Company. In an effort to enhance our ability to identify and reward top performers and maintain an efficient workforce, we are working to gain a broader, more complete composite of individual employee contributions." The sublease is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2025 and end in the fourth quarter of 2031. The Company plans to utilize most of the in-year cost savings associated with the sublease on long-term growth initiatives and does not expect economics related to the sublease to impact the Company's previously issued financial guidance for 2025. HealthStream also maintains an office lease in San Diego, California, which is currently set to expire in June of 2026—and there are no plans to renew. At present, a majority of HealthStream's workforce has utilized a hybrid work approach since March 2020. About HealthStream HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM) is the healthcare industry's largest ecosystem of platform-delivered workforce solutions that empowers healthcare professionals to do what they do best: deliver excellence in patient care. For more information, visit or call 800-521-0574. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties regarding HealthStream. This information has been included in reliance on the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. These forward-looking statements are based on a variety of assumptions that may not be realized, and which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including that the anticipated financial and strategic benefits of the acquisition may not be realized, as well as risks and uncertainties referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. View source version on Contacts Mollie Condra, Investor Relations & CommunicationsHealthStream(615)-
