tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4102203594642002101..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: "I'm Not a Hospital Guy Anymore"Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81881098791988280902008-09-09T19:32:00.000-04:002008-09-09T19:32:00.000-04:00Nurses now cared for their patients by managing th...<I>Nurses now cared for their patients by managing their own support staff, and spent much of their time <B>entering useless information in the computer</B> ... We lurch toward physician computer order entry, clinging to the <B>false belief that software programs will prevent adverse drug reactions</B> and delivery of the wrong dangerous drug to the wrong patient.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed.<BR/><BR/>InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-36775990565598042262008-09-09T18:09:00.000-04:002008-09-09T18:09:00.000-04:00Roy--Thanks for a compelling article. Hope you sen...Roy--<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a compelling article. Hope you sent it to our presidential candidates (or their policy advisors).<BR/><BR/>MelodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-14971596289387957232008-09-09T09:58:00.000-04:002008-09-09T09:58:00.000-04:00Timing is everything. Today's Akron Beacon Journal...Timing is everything. Today's Akron Beacon Journal (9/9/08) highlights The Cleveland Clinic spending $680M on two new medical centers for it's campus. And what do we get for only $680M: First Dr.M. Bridget Duffy, Cleveland Clinic's chief experience officer:<BR/> "A new tree-lined street called Cleveland Clinic Boulevard with six reflecting ponds "provides a sense of calm and peace to families Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-28792055117780910622008-09-08T20:03:00.000-04:002008-09-08T20:03:00.000-04:00You hit the nail on the head with this one. One pr...You hit the nail on the head with this one. One problem is that we have replaced hospital administrators that have worked their way up the ladder and personally understand health care with accountants with Masters in Health Care Administration.Mike Craycrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815405803509366404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-27894205367929896382008-09-08T18:01:00.000-04:002008-09-08T18:01:00.000-04:00Could not agree with you more! An articulate and q...Could not agree with you more! An articulate and qualitative indictment of the prevailing hospital "empire building" and "silo oriented cultures" that assure an addictive recreation of processes and systems that do not work, dehumanize its participants and progressively compromises an institution in service to its patient care mission. <BR/><BR/>"They (leadership) look but do not see."<BR/><BR/>"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com