PROVIDERS AT UNITY HEALTH CARE FILE A PETITION TO UNIONIZE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE DELIVERED TO UNDERSERVED WASHINGTON, D.C. RESIDENTS
PROVIDERS AT UNITY HEALTH CARE FILE A PETITION TO UNIONIZE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE DELIVERED TO UNDERSERVED WASHINGTON, D.C. RESIDENTS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- About 170 front-line healthcare providers at Unity Health Care have taken the first step in unionizing under the auspices of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD).
华盛顿，2023年9月25日 /PRNewswire/ — 在美国内科医生和牙医联盟（UAPD）的主持下，Unity Health Care约170名一线医疗保健提供者迈出了组建工会的第一步。
Unity Health Care is the largest network of community health centers in the District of Columbia and serves over 100,000 patients annually across 21 clinics.
Unity Health Care是哥伦比亚特区最大的社区卫生中心网络，每年为21家诊所的10万多名患者提供服务。
The action marks an important milestone for doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and mental health clinicians who say Unity is eroding their ability to deliver quality care by forcing them to spend less time with their patients.
对于医生、医师助理、执业护士和心理健康临床医生来说，该行动标志着一个重要的里程碑，他们说Unity迫使他们减少与患者在一起的时间，从而削弱了他们提供优质医疗服务的能力。
"Providers at Unity Health Care deserve a voice in all important healthcare decisions," said Dr. Stuart Bussey, UAPD's president. "Management telling providers to spend less time with patients so they can make more money is just wrong."
UAPD总裁斯图尔特·布西博士说：“Unity Health Care的提供者应该在所有重要的医疗保健决策中拥有发言权。”“管理层要求医疗服务提供者减少花在患者身上的时间，这样他们才能赚更多的钱，这是错误的。”
Unionization would affect providers at all of Unity Health Care's community clinics, homeless outreach clinics, and school-based health centers in all wards across the nation's capital as well as the District of Columbia Department of Corrections.
加入工会将影响Unity Health Care的所有社区诊所、无家可归者外联诊所和全国首都所有病房的学校健康中心的提供者以及哥伦比亚特区惩教署。
Providers say their efforts to improve patient care have been met with unwarranted discipline from executive leadership. Additionally, policies implemented by executive leadership have created a rift between providers and patients. While providers currently struggle to provide care for 24 scheduled patients a day, executives are pushing for providers to schedule 30 patients a day to increase profit margins.
医疗服务提供者表示，他们改善患者护理的努力受到了行政领导层的无端纪律处分。此外，行政领导层实施的政策在提供者和患者之间造成了分歧。尽管提供者目前难以每天为24名预约患者提供护理，但高管们正在推动提供者每天安排30名患者，以提高利润率。
Providers are drawn to Unity because of its mission to care for the underserved community in Washington, D.C. However, Unity's lack of leadership, accountability, and transparency causes many providers to leave within a few months. The providers who remain suffer repeated moral injury from not having the resources and support to adequately care for their patients.
提供商之所以被Unity所吸引，是因为其使命是关爱华盛顿特区服务不足的社区。但是，Unity缺乏领导力、问责制和透明度导致许多提供商在几个月内离开。留下的医疗服务提供者由于没有足够的资源和支持来充分照顾患者，反复遭受精神伤害。
By unionizing with UAPD, providers aim to address these issues collectively and advocate for improved working conditions. Providers want to steer Unity Health Care back to being a resilient organization known for providing hope, compassion, and quality care to the community. Patients deserve better, and Unity Health Care providers will not allow mismanagement and greed to undermine patient care.
通过与UAPD组建工会，提供商旨在共同解决这些问题并倡导改善工作条件。提供者希望引导Unity Health Care回到一个以为社区提供希望、同情心和优质医疗服务而闻名的韧性组织。患者应该得到更好的待遇，Unity Health Care提供者不会允许管理不善和贪婪破坏患者护理。
About the Union of American Physicians & Dentists
关于美国医生和牙医联盟
The Union of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD) has organized physicians and providers since 1972. With more than 5,000 members in California, New Mexico, and Washington State, UAPD is the largest union of licensed physicians and advanced practice clinicians nationwide. Members work for state and county governments, large healthcare organizations and nonprofit health systems, as well as providers in private practice. Affiliated with AFSCME and AFL-CIO, UAPD brings the strength of the labor movement to the aid of providers in the interest of better medicine for all. Learn more at .
自1972年以来，美国内科医生和牙医联盟（UAPD）一直在组织医生和医疗服务提供者。UAPD 在加利福尼亚州、新墨西哥州和华盛顿州拥有 5,000 多名会员，是全国最大的执业医生和高级执业临床医生联盟。成员在州和县政府、大型医疗保健组织和非营利卫生系统以及私人诊所提供者工作。UAPD隶属于AFSCME和AFL-CIO，将劳工运动的力量带给提供商，以期为所有人提供更好的药物。要了解更多，请访问。
Contact Information:
Vivi Le
Communications Manager
Union of American Physicians & Dentists
(714) 552-9841
[email protected]
联系信息：
Vivi Le
传播经理
美国内科医生和牙医联盟
(714) 552-9841
[电子邮件保护]
SOURCE Union of American Physicians and Dentists
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