Contracted ED clinicians at Ascension hospital vote to strike

Members of the Greater Detroit Association of Emergency Physicians, who work at Ascension St. John’s emergency department but are employed by TeamHealth, said that long wait times, reportedly up to 17 hours in the ED, have become normal. They also allege that TeamHealth, which is owned by a private equity firm and handles emergency room management services at the hospital, is reducing staffing, cutting costs and inflating rates.