tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post8131138311701417796..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Athens Regional Medical Center: Hospital management is "addressing computer problems" AFTER patients are put at bodily risk, not before, only in response to irate clinicians; then claiming everything will be fixed soon while doctors resign.Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-84694201132791244512014-06-17T12:53:47.538-04:002014-06-17T12:53:47.538-04:00Anonymous June 13, 2014 at 3:10:00 PM EDT said...
...Anonymous June 13, 2014 at 3:10:00 PM EDT said...<br /><br /><i>JC had minor findings</i><br /><br />It is fact that they came into the picture a little bit late, after the organization had time to change some things.<br /><br />-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-38740528929273349342014-06-13T20:40:34.056-04:002014-06-13T20:40:34.056-04:00The JOint Commission always has minor findings. So...The JOint Commission always has minor findings. Sort of a farce, providing the illusion that hospitals are safe because of its accreditation.<br /><br />The Joint Commission is an organization of the hospitals, by the hospitals, and for the hospitals.<br /><br />It is not unlike the CCHIT (pronounced sea $heet) of the HIT vendors that duped Congress into thinking that certification of HIT meant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-66082748238322464662014-06-13T15:10:33.659-04:002014-06-13T15:10:33.659-04:00JC had minor findings. Probably will revisit in 6 ...JC had minor findings. Probably will revisit in 6 months...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-47329997903352075732014-06-12T14:05:51.210-04:002014-06-12T14:05:51.210-04:00The Joint Commission showed up at Athens Regional ...The Joint Commission showed up at Athens Regional today. This should be interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-49626320051097953452014-05-28T22:14:29.925-04:002014-05-28T22:14:29.925-04:00I note that the problems are not just related to o...I note that the problems are not just related to one specific health IT seller. The problems are far broader than that, due to systemic dysfunction across the "health IT ecosystem" (see <a href="http://cci.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/cases/?loc=cases&sloc=ecosystem" rel="nofollow">http://cci.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/cases/?loc=cases&sloc=ecosystem</a>).<br /><br />--InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-89448284573237306572014-05-28T19:18:46.288-04:002014-05-28T19:18:46.288-04:00Cerner in the UK:
http://ukcampaign4change.com/20...Cerner in the UK:<br /><br />http://ukcampaign4change.com/2014/03/04/a-tragic-outcome-for-cerner-millennium-implementation-at-bath/<br /><br />A tragic outcome for Cerner Millennium implementation at Bath?<br /><br />...Three year-old Samuel Starr died in the arms of his parents as his they read him his favourite stories at the local hospital. <br />At an inquest this week his parents, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-28868266611448438782014-05-28T16:36:36.235-04:002014-05-28T16:36:36.235-04:00While this link does not address EMR’s directly I ...While this link does not address EMR’s directly I feel it reflects the economic interest of those who are involved in their implementation.<br /><br /><br />http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2014/05/28/will-tech-revolutionize-health-care-this-time/<br /><br />The numbers involved in repetitive testing are mind boggling, combined with the subtle scheduling of patients and the use of other medical Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-73000028914090830332014-05-28T06:46:25.204-04:002014-05-28T06:46:25.204-04:00From a business perspective the question is: Who i...From a business perspective the question is: Who is the customer?<br /><br />We would say the customer is the patient and doctor. The reality is the customer is the hospital and the vendor themselves.<br /><br />The hospital is looking to drive revenue so they often have a system that is built on top of their billing system, adding to this the computer people, having no medical experience, view Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-48182966341258968192014-05-28T06:45:10.176-04:002014-05-28T06:45:10.176-04:00Wow! The reader comments are amazing from Athens....Wow! The reader comments are amazing from Athens. These people have finally puked their guts out after experiencing so much nausea caused by corrupt leadership cramming dangerous technology in the faces of innocent patients. I could easily see this happening in my facility. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-24843072670788453162014-05-27T19:37:33.826-04:002014-05-27T19:37:33.826-04:00These EHR systems are oppressive to doctors and nu...These EHR systems are oppressive to doctors and nurses, and concomitantly endanger patients. <br /><br />The actions by these doctors in Athens should serve as a model response by doctors and nurses nationally.<br /><br />It would behoove the staff at Athens to read of the Cerner catastrophes in the UK.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-77970671103853906352014-05-26T13:34:57.315-04:002014-05-26T13:34:57.315-04:00What were the false claims made by the vendor and ...What were the false claims made by the vendor and the hospital and its HIT champions to brainwash the doctors and nurses? Just wonderinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-61745582060903374492014-05-26T13:26:11.538-04:002014-05-26T13:26:11.538-04:00Corporate negligence raw.Corporate negligence raw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com