tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post246775604221532639..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Another Echo of the Fall of the House of AHERF: Hahnemann University Hospital to Close Its Doors, Stranding Patients, Leaving Trainees without an Educational Site, and Leaving Staff and Health Care Professionals UnemployedRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-2964879983982850672019-07-20T09:17:10.053-04:002019-07-20T09:17:10.053-04:00More on the closure here:
https://www.inquirer.co...More on the closure here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/health/drexel-university-medical-school-reputation-hahnemann-tower-20190720.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.inquirer.com/health/drexel-university-medical-school-reputation-hahnemann-tower-20190720.html</a><br /><br /><br />For Drexel, Hahnemann closure was ‘a crisis thrown on our doorstep’<br />by Susan Snyder, Updated: July InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-16258786947678499142019-07-19T18:14:38.130-04:002019-07-19T18:14:38.130-04:00It is a shame. I began my medical computing caree...It is a shame. I began my medical computing career in the NSF-funded Summer Science Training Programs at Hahnemann, run by cardiothoracic surgeon/inventor Victor Satinsky MD, in summer '72 and '73. I saw early uses of computers in medicine there and learned FORTRAN, though I already knew other programming languages via high school.<br /><br />Hahnemann was a dynamic institution then, InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-56729322228246928802019-07-18T11:58:31.965-04:002019-07-18T11:58:31.965-04:00Good questions, but unfortunately I have no ready ...Good questions, but unfortunately I have no ready answers.<br /><br />Keep in mind, though, that we should be skeptical of that $3M - $5M per month loss figure in the absence of details about the Hahnemann budget. In particular, firms that own hospitals can extract all kinds of money from them, and label their extractions costs to the hospital. Similarly, the firms can attribute all sorts of Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-70451403414277377562019-07-15T08:28:34.779-04:002019-07-15T08:28:34.779-04:00Thank you for this post Dr Poses. According to th...Thank you for this post Dr Poses. According to the June 26 Inquirer article, Hahnemann loses $3 to $5 million per month. So, worst case, $60 million per year.<br /><br />I'm curious to ask if you -- or folks you know -- might have perspective on how any of the following compare to that $60 million:<br /><br />1. The annual health care related costs that will rise when all those folks no Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940283412271763639noreply@blogger.com