Financial woes at Maine Medical Center: Reading this blog might have saved them millions of dollars, and prevented massive "cost saving initiatives"

In this article, the euphemistic and almost endearing term "hiccup" is used instead of the more traditional " glitch " ...

Financial woes at Maine Medical Center: Reading this blog might have saved them millions of dollars, and prevented massive "cost saving initiatives" 2015-05-17T22:28:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle Disruptions"

A typical excuse for the multi-million dollar compensation now enjoyed by many leaders of health care organizations is these leaders' su...

Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle Disruptions" 2015-05-17T22:02:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Want to help a hospital go bankrupt? Get a bad EHR - Westchester hospitals' sale price over $54 million, Hospitals' debt about $200M

- Posted at the Healthcare Renewal Blog on June 3, 2013 -  Sound Shore Medical Center (New Rochelle, NY) is filing for bankruptcy protec...

Want to help a hospital go bankrupt? Get a bad EHR - Westchester hospitals' sale price over $54 million, Hospitals' debt about $200M 2015-05-17T21:11:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

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...

Monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement 2015-05-15T00:54:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

In Fixing Those 9,553 EHR "Issues", Southern Arizona’s Largest Health Network is $28.5 Million In The Red

At my Nov. 9, 2013 post " We’ve resolved 6,036 issues and have 3,517 open issues" ( http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/11...

In Fixing Those 9,553 EHR "Issues", Southern Arizona’s Largest Health Network is $28.5 Million In The Red 2015-05-07T01:41:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The HIT Scam

Worth a read - The HIT Scam By Greg Scandlen Notable in the pi ece are these observations:   ... even the editors of the Washington Post ...

The HIT Scam 2013-01-23T07:53:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

House Ways And Means, and Energy and Commerce, Note EHRs Not What They Were Made Out To Be, Calls For HITECH Moratorium

I have called numerous times for a moratorium on ambitious national health IT programs.  See 2008 and 2009 posts here and here for example...

House Ways And Means, and Energy and Commerce, Note EHRs Not What They Were Made Out To Be, Calls For HITECH Moratorium 2012-10-05T07:07:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

WSJ, Koppel and Soumerai: A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records - Cost Savings Illusory

Two EHR experts from Ivy-league institutions (which are typically hyperenthusiast-oriented) doubt cost savings from EHR technology. Wall Str...

WSJ, Koppel and Soumerai: A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records - Cost Savings Illusory 2012-09-18T03:24:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Vermont: Despite $70 million investment, health IT systems a long way from prime time - "Problems are appropriate"

Preliminary note:  This post is rich with hyperlinks.  At minimum I recommend opening them in another window and at least scanning their con...

Vermont: Despite $70 million investment, health IT systems a long way from prime time - "Problems are appropriate" 2012-07-21T04:14:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown