tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4363940810051942514..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Are Million Dollar Plus Business Trained Managers the Right People to Lead Health Care in the Time of Ebola? Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-43260875038165049222014-10-20T23:01:40.671-04:002014-10-20T23:01:40.671-04:00I'm coming back after a little break.look for ...I'm coming back after a little break.look for more posts in the near futureERMursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216450801409103637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-82784808305966286262014-10-20T14:44:47.937-04:002014-10-20T14:44:47.937-04:00The assignment of an Ebola czar with no medical kn...The assignment of an Ebola czar with no medical knowledge is an astounding confirmation that the government believes the same thing as the hospitals -- doctors are inconsequential to healthcare. Administration uber alles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-78854416651832611612014-10-19T12:16:12.938-04:002014-10-19T12:16:12.938-04:00Very helpful comment, ERMurse,
What happened to y...Very helpful comment, ERMurse,<br /><br />What happened to your own blog? Was very informative.<br /><br />This comment provides insight of the disparity between the fever and the doctor's note mentioned above. <br /><br />In their zeal to maximize their billing by usung templates and macros, the doc forgot to change the Epic language about fever, which was in there by Epic as "none"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-88988163268119598712014-10-18T18:28:26.161-04:002014-10-18T18:28:26.161-04:00the ER uses scribes. What happens with the scribe...the ER uses scribes. What happens with the scribes in my experience is a lot of generic useless documentation to cover review of systems but not necessarily accurate. Epic also uses temples with all normal values defaulted Often not even reviewed by the ER doctor.ERMursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216450801409103637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-18430497240986386242014-10-17T23:29:07.383-04:002014-10-17T23:29:07.383-04:00EBOLA is an unforgiving and relentless illness tha...EBOLA is an unforgiving and relentless illness that will find each and every weakness in the health care delivery system of any hospital at which it rears its ugly head.<br /><br />A few points of fact: The NY Times reported that the doctor progress note from the first ER visit stated no fever or chills.<br /><br />The temp of 103 F occurred about 1.5 hours after 1 gram of Tylenol was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-68540506295139182062014-10-17T19:28:03.636-04:002014-10-17T19:28:03.636-04:00Overconfident? I think not. Overconfident assumes...Overconfident? I think not. Overconfident assumes that you've checked out the situation and you are just taking a rosier than realistic view.<br /><br />These managers essentially have no idea, no competence, that would at all enable them to understand the situation. At most they read a sheet of paper and declare it OK, brilliant even. <br /><br />The paper could be written in latin as farAfraidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-39251563632488629412014-10-17T13:50:06.072-04:002014-10-17T13:50:06.072-04:00And now we have an Ebola czar who is a political o...And now we have an Ebola czar who is a political operative with no medical background, and we thought the CDC was clueless.<br /><br />Steve Lucas<br />Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-64264599838816138362014-10-16T17:02:29.272-04:002014-10-16T17:02:29.272-04:00A brilliant analysis of what went wrong in this ho...A brilliant analysis of what went wrong in this hospital, one we are not hearing on TV. It is chilling to read that ANYONE - the ambulance drivers, nurses and docters, aids and clean-up crewa, lab personnel and ALL the other patients may have or could be infected. The problem in my opinion - larger and larger hospitals, whether for profit or non -profit run like businesses, and where your own shelley roitmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-7328093882000364782014-10-15T18:56:53.333-04:002014-10-15T18:56:53.333-04:00Anyone who knows a nurse working in hospitals KNOW...Anyone who knows a nurse working in hospitals KNOWS that they are rightly afraid all over the country for being fired for saying anything but yes sir to the administrators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com