Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Nurses Authorize One-Day Strike

The approximately 100 registered nurses at the hospital voted Wednesday to greenlight a potential one-day strike, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Union.

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Hospital Faces IV Shortage

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is one of several hospitals facing a shortage of IV fluid after flooding from Hurricane Helene forced one of the country’s primary manufacturers to close.

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Hospital Hit in Global Software Outage

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital canceled all non-urgent surgeries and other medical visits Friday after a global Microsoft software outage. 

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Hospital Joins New Alliance

In a new partnership described as “the greatest of leaps,” Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has entered into an agreement for sharing staff and expertise with Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

The agreement means that the hospitals will share doctors, including specialists that the Island hospital does not keep on staff full-time, such as pulmonary physicians and oncologists. In addition, Island medical personnel will go to the Boston hospitals on occasion for training, and vice versa.

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Mental Health Care Providers Look to Meet Growing Need

Four years after the onset of the pandemic, Island providers say they are adding new services and on the cusp of rolling out new programs that have long been requested by law enforcement.

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Nurses Vote to Unionize at Martha's Vineyard Hospital

A group of ambulatory nurses at Martha's Vineyard Hospital voted this week to unionize. They say they want to create a better environment for themselves and their patients.

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On Matters of the Heart, Dr. Guiney Listened Carefully

Before he retired last week, Dr. Timothy Guiney was the Vineyard’s resident expert on matters of the heart for over 40 years.

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With Rising Tides, Oak Bluffs Looks to Shore Up Hospital Access

As the town weighs the potential impacts of the climate crisis in the coming decades, a high priority is maintaining access to the hospital, which is located on the coast in an already active flood zone.

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Hospital Nurses Seek to Join Union

Thirty-three ambulatory care nurses at the hospital filed the petition on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board and hope to soon have an union election.

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Specialist at the Hospital Paves Way for Alzheimer’s Clinic

Dr. Nicole Absar, a physician who specializes in neuropsychiatry, started at the hospital in January and has set her sights on helping Vineyarders with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other neurocognitive disorders.

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