North Bristol Hits Appointment Problems: Another North Bristol Hits Appointment Problems: Another "Our Lousy IT Systems Screwed Up, But Patient Safety Was Never Compromised" Story

At my Dec. 2011 post "IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient Care Was "Not Compromised" referencing prior posts, I wrote:... At my Nov. 20…

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14 Jan 2012

Three Golden Parachutes and Some Unexpected SequelsThree Golden Parachutes and Some Unexpected Sequels

Golden parachutes are an always fascinating aspect of executive compensation in health care.  I have collected three relatively recently revealed stories about golden parachutes given to government an…

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12 Jan 2012

US Presidential Candidates' Financial Relationships with Health Care OrganizationsUS Presidential Candidates' Financial Relationships with Health Care Organizations

As the leadership of the large field of Republican candidates for the US Presidency shifts, different candidates come in for increased media scrutiny.  Recently, reporting about former Pennsylvania Se…

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09 Jan 2012

The Corporate Psychopaths Theory of Health Care DysfunctionThe Corporate Psychopaths Theory of Health Care Dysfunction

A new article in the Journal of Business Ethics suggested that the global financial crisis, or great recession, was primarily due to a fundamental flaw in the leadership of financial organizations, on…

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04 Jan 2012

Just Say Just Say "No" to the Term "Anecdotes"; and HIT as a Medical Metadevice

A New Year's thought: there needs to be a push in healthcare for dropping of the word "anecdote" to describe case reports of health IT-related errors.This word even appears in the late 2011 IOM repo…

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04 Jan 2012

SELF INFLICTED DAMAGESELF INFLICTED DAMAGE

SELF INFLICTED DAMAGE The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is in the news again for bad public relations: worse than bad, actually – appalling. Locked in a bunker mentality, they have moved to s…

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04 Jan 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
 
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