Three Facets of One Hospital: Coddling the Rich, Hounding the Poor, and Crooked ExecutivesThree Facets of One Hospital: Coddling the Rich, Hounding the Poor, and Crooked Executives

Juxtaposing three news stories from the past few months raises disturbing questions about the priorities of the leaders of one of the US' more prestigious hospitals."Chefs, Butlers, Marble Baths: Hosp…

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26 Feb 2012

New York - Presbyterian Hospital Trustee Advocated Novel Cardiac Procedure - New York - Presbyterian Hospital Trustee Advocated Novel Cardiac Procedure - "Reach In, Rip Out Their Heart, and Eat It Before They Die"

The dominant theme of Health Care Renewal has been how problems with the leadership of health care organizations have lead to our current state of health care dysfunction.  We have discussed examples …

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03 Jan 2012

Investigations, Indictments and Guilty Pleas at Famous US Teaching HospitalsInvestigations, Indictments and Guilty Pleas at Famous US Teaching Hospitals

Some of the US most prestigious academic medical centers have been receiving unusual scrutiny lately.Mount Sinai Medical Center and New York - Presbyterian Hospital.As reported first by the Wall Stree…

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29 Apr 2010

With Leaders Like These...With Leaders Like These...

My current favorite book about the global financial meltdown, aka great recession, The Sellout, by Charles Gasparino, featured vivid portraits of the bad leadership that lead to the collapse.  For exa…

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17 Dec 2009

The $9.8 Million Dollar ManThe $9.8 Million Dollar Man

We seem to have a new candidate for the award for best-paid CEO of a not-for-profit academic medical center, as reported in the New York Post,Wall Streeters aren't the only ones raking in big bonuses …

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14 Dec 2009
 
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