By Gusty Friday 8 May 2015 DaVita fraud impunity legal settlements Good Health and DaVita Settles Another Lawsuit Amidst Accusations of "Managing Witnesses to Provide False Testimony," After Justice Department Lost Interest in Participating. Elvonda The Latest Case Less than a year since its last big settlement (look here ), DaVita HealthCare Partners, the big for-profit dialysis provide...
By Gusty Thursday 7 May 2015 Flexner Report Goodman Group healthcare IT dissatisfaction Hersher Associates talent management Good Health and Health IT - How Did Things Get So Bad? Look to Late 20th Century Recruiters and "The School of Hard Knocks" Leaders They Preferred. Elvonda I have a long memory, unfortunately for health IT opportunists and hyper-enthusiasts. After reading letters and reports such as: The Jan. 15...
By Gusty Wednesday 6 May 2015 Good Health and Greetings From Alaska!. Elvonda Valarie Gang (DPT Class of 2014) is working in Alaska! Read Valarie's shout out to SLU PT below! I was able to go to Health Fairs in tw...
By Gusty 10:10 Arthur Allen healthcare IT litigation healthcare IT risk Politico Good Health and Politico: Electronic record errors growing issue in lawsuits. Elvonda The indefatigable Arthur Allen of Politico.com has authored a nice piece on the issue of EHRs being a cause of medical malpractice, with res...
By Gusty 08:59 healthcare IT crash healthcare IT outage MedStar Health Patient care has not been compromised Politico Good Health and Another day, another EHR outage: MEDSTAR EHR goes dark for days. Elvonda At my March 2, 2015 post " Rideout Hospital, California: CEO Pinocchio on quality of patient care during hospital computer crash "...
By Gusty 08:11 cerner David Ridley Duke Fuqua School of Bsuiness health care ethics MBA medical ethics medical informatics NextGen plagiarism Good Health and MBA-holding Informatics Fellow's Portfolio: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Plagiarism. Elvonda I highlighted the MBA culture at least once before on this site, on April 16, 2010 at "Healthcare IT Corporate Ethics 101: 'A Stra...
By Gusty 06:49 American Hospital Association generic management generic managers hospitals non-profit organizations Good Health and Second Order Generic Management: Lobbyist Named CEO of American Hospital Association. Elvonda A long time ago, in a universe far, far away, hospitals had relatively small administrations, usually lead by a older physician or nurse who...