Will Hired Executives Let Will Hired Executives Let "Healing Prevail Over Profit?" - Questions from Public and Catholic Non-Profit Health Systems

Hospital - noun, 1.  a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm or young  2.  an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care, Merriam-Webster             - noun.…

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26 Aug 2011

Why Cultivate Weldon's Confidence? -  CEO Goes to White House Days After His Company's Latest Guilty Plea AnnouncedWhy Cultivate Weldon's Confidence? - CEO Goes to White House Days After His Company's Latest Guilty Plea Announced

Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama met "with eight business leaders to hunt for ideas to revive the economy," according to the Wall Street Journal.  At the session, the President asked "wha…

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24 Aug 2011

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? ReduxQuis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Redux

Revised HHS Rules for Conflict of Interest Fall Short This morning NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins announced revisions to the existing 1995 regulations on objectivity in research that is funded by th…

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23 Aug 2011

More Executives Prospering Despite the Financial Distress of their HospitalsMore Executives Prospering Despite the Financial Distress of their Hospitals

Cases that demonstrate the contrast between compensation given to the hired executives of health care organizations and their or their organizations' performance continue to appear.  Last week we disc…

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23 Aug 2011

What Goes Up - Non-Profit Hospital CEO Compensation Continues to Defy GravityWhat Goes Up - Non-Profit Hospital CEO Compensation Continues to Defy Gravity

We have frequently discussed the disconnect between incentives, particularly total compensation, given to the leaders of health care organizations and their roles, or lack thereof, in improving the he…

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19 Aug 2011

The Best and the Brightest Behaving BadlyThe Best and the Brightest Behaving Badly

To err is human, and any group of humans can be expected to include those who stray.  However, the constant spin that surrounds most top leaders of health care organizations seems to suggest that thes…

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18 Aug 2011

A A "safe" technology? Factors contributing to an increase in duplicate medication order errors after CPOE implementation

An article "Factors contributing to an increase in duplicate medication order errors after CPOE implementation" by Wetterneck et al. appeared recently in JAMIA (JAMIA doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000255…

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18 Aug 2011
 
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