Showing posts with label UPMC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UPMC. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2015

When "Human Error" Causes EHR Downtime, Who is Liable For Patient Injuries That Result?

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was this story of yet another EHR " glitch ": March 9, 2013 12:17 am   Human error the cause o...
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The Push Back Continues: the Mayor of Pittsburgh Sues UPMC Claiming it is No "Public Charity"

There is another indication that push back against the power of large health care organizations is getting more significant. In February, ...
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Friday, May 15, 2015

Monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement

More on monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement: 1.  Layoffs to balance the budget... http://www.news-record...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Should We Cry for Non-Profit Hospital System CEOs Paid Less than For-Profit CEOs?

Two recent articles ( here and here ) in Modern Healthcare providing an update on the compensation of CEOs of non-profit hospital systems r...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Presto Chango - UPMC Tries to Make its Employees All Disappear

This story is just in time for Halloween. The Lawsuit Challenging the Non-Profit Status of UPMC Back in March, 2013, we discussed a law...
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Thursday, May 7, 2015

More Stories of Million Dollar Plus Hospital Executives, but Now the NY Times Challenges the Talking Points

It is spring, time for birds to sing, flowers to bloom, and hospital executives to get more money.  As we do periodically, we have amassed a...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Pittsburgh Experiment - II - Another Echo of the Fall of AHERF

We recently started a series of posts about the battle for domination of health care in western Pennsylvania.  The contenders are the UPMC ...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

The Pittsburgh Experiment - I - Caught in the Crossfire

In our increasingly dysfunctional health care system, patients, health care professionals and the public are often caught in the crossfire b...
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