tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post6940469148736081901..comments2024-03-17T05:36:26.059-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: UPMC and the Sweet death that wasn't very sweet: How EMRs can detract from a clear narrative, and facilitate spoliation and obfuscation of evidenceRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-59500778284776283822012-05-20T01:29:22.185-04:002012-05-20T01:29:22.185-04:00Removing doctors in settlements can deflect oversi...Removing doctors in settlements can deflect oversight<br />May 20, 2012 1:03 am<br /><br />By Sean D. Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<br /><br />A medical malpractice case in which UPMC Presbyterian was accused of covering up some of the circumstances of a death at the hospital was settled recently.<br /><br />The family of Samuel Sweet, a 62-year-old Cheswick man who died while being treated atAfraidhttp://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/removing-doctors-in-settlements-can-deflect-oversight-636684/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81100163647804004102011-11-18T18:49:19.271-05:002011-11-18T18:49:19.271-05:00Altered Medical Records and Patients’ Charts in Me...Altered Medical Records and Patients’ Charts in Medical Malpractice Cases (Part 2)<br /><br />David Mittleman Attorney<br /><br />http://lansing.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/altered-medical-records-and-patients-charts-in-medical-malpractice-cases-part-2.aspx<br /><br /><br />Earlier this week I wrote about a large jury verdict in a case involving clear negligence on the part of University Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-87794410126458651612011-11-17T09:38:02.995-05:002011-11-17T09:38:02.995-05:00Judge orders UPMC deposition in Presby death lawsu...Judge orders UPMC deposition in Presby death lawsuit<br /> <br />Monday, November 14, 2011<br /> <br />By Sean D. Hamill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<br /> <br /><br />An Allegheny County judge today ordered UPMC to allow an official to be deposed in a medical malpractice case about whether he altered the electronic health record of a man who died while in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.<br /> <br />UPMCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-42392189625489149432011-10-04T00:34:37.982-04:002011-10-04T00:34:37.982-04:00Again, they simply do not care. No skin off their...Again, they simply do not care. No skin off their noses, no one but the honest get whacked.<br /><br />You must see this for what it is because the rules then become clear and everything is obvious.<br /><br />Normally the simplest answer is the right one, no one cares. <br /><br />So an old man dies they say, would have died anyway some day. <br /><br />It is in fact that callous.Afraidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-26032305550888674372011-09-28T09:45:31.011-04:002011-09-28T09:45:31.011-04:00Anonymous September 27, 2011 8:52:00 AM EDT writes...Anonymous September 27, 2011 8:52:00 AM EDT writes:<br /><br /><i>The cure for iatrogenic injuries is to bring medical malpractice suits to an end. There is no earthly reason for a doctor to have 'motive'.</i><br /><br />Non-sequitur in two ways. <br /><br />First, bringing malpractice suits to an end would not "end iatrogenic injuries" any more than installing computers in and InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-71839892508877099982011-09-27T08:52:29.012-04:002011-09-27T08:52:29.012-04:00The cure for iatrogenic injuries is to bring medic...The cure for iatrogenic injuries is to bring medical malpractice suits to an end. There is no earthly reason for a doctor to have 'motive'. Malpractice suits raise the cost of health care and have never led to any improvements. As Shakespeare wisely said- "First! Let's kill all the lawyers!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-47852111798638406822011-09-25T19:55:35.459-04:002011-09-25T19:55:35.459-04:00Anonymous September 25, 2011 8:45:00 AM EDT said.....Anonymous September 25, 2011 8:45:00 AM EDT said...<br /><br /><i>It is doubtful that the deceased man and the hepatitis patients consented to being subjects in the ongoing R and D being conducted by UPMC on Cerner's EMR and CPOE.</i><br /><br />While I cannot comment on the other allegations, I agree with this; hospitals should not be R&D labs for IT companies, especially without FDA or InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-75233118751263341112011-09-25T12:40:40.798-04:002011-09-25T12:40:40.798-04:00The BOD of UPMC appointed by CEO Romoff to be &quo...The BOD of UPMC appointed by CEO Romoff to be "yes" people for him and heir apparent Elizabeth Concordia need to get the spine to demand the resignation of both. Then, the BOD Chair, Beckwith, should resign. The conduct and cover up is a disgrace to the people who need care at that hospital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-44239943760469136552011-09-25T08:45:30.060-04:002011-09-25T08:45:30.060-04:00My oh my. Upon reading of the premature death here...My oh my. Upon reading of the premature death here associated with meaningfully poorly usable CPOE and EMR instruments of care, and the Hepatitis C result stored in one of the silos of the EMR yet the infection was spread to the kidney recipient, one could conclude that there are significant EMR and CPOE infrastructure problems at UPMC.<br /><br />These are not new problems. Most of the doctorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com