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A Good Way to Cybernetically Harm or Kill Emergency Department Patients ... Via An ED EHR "Glitch" That Mangles Prescriptions 24 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
Yet another healthcare IT "glitch" - that banal little word used for potentially life-threatening software defects. An EHR/command and control system (including ordering, results reporting, etc.) fo...
The Long Con - "Charitable" Hospitals Make Multimillionaires out of Their CEOs 23 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
The CEOs of ostensibly charitable hospitals founded to serve the poor continue to become rich. The latest reminders are in two articles from Maryland, from DelMarVaNow, and from the Baltimore Sun,......
The Mystery of the Northwestern Settlement - the Plot Thickens 21 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
A few weeks ago, we wrote about this curious case. How the Case Stood Northwester University, a prominent research university, settled charges it had mismanaged US government grant funds. While it ...
Should We Cry for Non-Profit Hospital System CEOs Paid Less than For-Profit CEOs? 16 Aug 2013 | 11:34 pm
Two recent articles (here and here) in Modern Healthcare providing an update on the compensation of CEOs of non-profit hospital systems raised new questions. The CEOs' Compensation The first article...
The Door Revolves Again: the Former White House Health Reform Czar Goes to Private Equity Firm Looking for Investments Created by Health Reform 14 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
Round and round it goes, and when it will stop, nobody knows. Background: The Former Health Care Reform Czar's Past Career It appears that Ms Nancy DeParle, formerly a White House Deputy Chief of St...
63% of Physicians are "Very Enthusiastic" about "Limiting Corporate Influence on Physician Behavior," but Will Anyone Notice? 12 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
On Health Care Renewal, we have noted how the direct care of patients in the US is increasingly in the hands of large corporations, often for-profit. We have noted the plight of the corporate physici...
Doctors now spend more time with computers than they do with patients 12 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
This bodes poorly for future physician quality: The doctor won't see you now DANIELLE OFRI Pittsburgh Post-Gazette August 11, 2013 12:03 am By Danielle Ofri Like the mail carrier or the milkman of ...
Who Would Have Thought, Comrades, That The Most Severe Form of Attempted Internet Censorship Could Originate in a Community Hospital, Abington Memoria... 12 Aug 2013 | 02:07 pm
I would not have thought such an attempt at abridgement of fundamental American rights could originate in a local hospital, until this Motion by the defense in the EHR-related lawsuit initiated by my ...
A War on Patients: Panel Says EHRs Should Not Be Vetted Before Marketing and Deployment 10 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
"First, do harm - it's a learning experience, and injured or dead patients are just a bump in the road, anyway" - the apparent creed of the healthcare computing hyperenthusiasts Joe Conn and Modern H...
Health Care Revolving Door Roundup 8 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
Increasingly, the regulatory and law enforcement functions of the US government in the health care sphere seem to be blending with the management of large health care organizations. One mechanism for...
