DaVita Settles Another Lawsuit Amidst Accusations of "Managing Witnesses to Provide False Testimony," After Justice Department Lost Interest in Participating

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DaVita Settles Another Lawsuit Amidst Accusations of "Managing Witnesses to Provide False Testimony," After Justice Department Lost Interest in Participating

Unknown 5/08/2015 Komentar

The Latest Case Less than a year since its last big settlement (look here), DaVita HealthCare Partners, the big for-profit dialysis provider, has to settle again.  The basics, according to the Denver Post, were:DaVita...

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Health IT - How Did Things Get So Bad? Look to Late 20th Century Recruiters and "The School of Hard Knocks" Leaders They Preferred

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Health IT - How Did Things Get So Bad? Look to Late 20th Century Recruiters and "The School of Hard Knocks" Leaders They Preferred

Unknown 5/07/2015 Komentar

I have a long memory, unfortunately for health IT opportunists and hyper-enthusiasts.After reading letters and reports such as:The Jan. 15, 2015 Complaint Letter about EHRs to ONC from this country's major medical societies...

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Politico: Electronic record errors growing issue in lawsuits

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Politico: Electronic record errors growing issue in lawsuits

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The indefatigable Arthur Allen of Politico.com has authored a nice piece on the issue of EHRs being a cause of medical malpractice, with resultant litigation.  I was a contributor:Electronic record errors growing issue...

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Another day, another EHR outage: MEDSTAR EHR goes dark for days

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Another day, another EHR outage: MEDSTAR EHR goes dark for days

Unknown 5/06/2015 Komentar

At my March 2, 2015 post "Rideout Hospital, California: CEO Pinocchio on quality of patient care during hospital computer crash" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2015/03/rideout-hospital-california-ceo.html) I highlighted...

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MBA-holding Informatics Fellow's Portfolio: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Plagiarism

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MBA-holding Informatics Fellow's Portfolio: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Plagiarism

Unknown 5/06/2015 Komentar

I highlighted the MBA culture at least once before on this site, on April 16, 2010 at "Healthcare IT Corporate Ethics 101: 'A Strategy for Cerner Corporation to Address the HIT Stimulus Plan'", http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/04/healthcare-it-corporate-ethics-101.html.In...

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