Presentation by
Helen Ruddy, MS, FNP, President of Greater New York Chapter
Ms Ruddy touched on many problems within the health care system.
The first part of her talk was a report on a presentation
by Claire Fagin, PhD, RN Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus
at University of Pennsylvania. Ms Fagin is a founding member of
Nurses Network for a National Health Program and co-author of
the book "Abandonment of the Patient, Impact of Profit-driven
Care on the Public". The point of emphasis is that CEOs and
Boards of Directors have a legal mandate to serve the shareholders,
not the patients. Graphs showed the nearly 2000% increase in administrators
compared to a negligible increases in physicians and nurses. Patient
satisfaction with health care and delays to treatment were compared
for several countries. The United States was near the bottom in
both areas. For moe information concerning this subject, Contact:
NNNHP(Nurses Network for a National Health Program)
332 S Michigan Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60604
312/554-0382