The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck : Hospital, healthcare

Tight Dress Sends Joan Collins to the Hospital

The Medical Quack — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:51:00 GMT

We all want to look good and according to this article the dress caused the actress to become faint. How tight was the dress one may wonder? An ambulance took her to the hospital and tests were run and all was fine. I guess one could...(read more)

Veterans Administration Awards VBrick Contract to Provide Streaming Video Solution for Information and Education In Patient Rooms and Public Access Areas

The Medical Quack — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:01:00 GMT

VBrick is exhibiting at the HIMSS Show, Booth 900, February 21-24 in Orlando Florida if you are there attending the convention. The VA Caribbean Healthcare hospital and other facilities are located in Puerto Rico where they are currently renovating...(read more)

Meaningful Use-Time To Investigate Beyond Proof of Concept and Half Baked Technologies, A Security Reality Check

The Medical Quack — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:10:00 GMT

Half baked is a lot of what we are getting out there today . Everyone in different aspects of Health IT has their own special interest and some of these areas are not playing very well with other technologies. Take a look and think about why...(read more)

VA Announces 2011 Industry Innovation Competition for Software, Prosthetics, Telemedicine, and Blue Button Support

The Medical Quack — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:46:00 GMT

$100 Million for Innovations to be awarded for those project that are accepted. What I like here is the fact that this is not just software oriented as we have enough of that out there that could be better collaborated. Software will no doubt...(read more)

The Hospitalist Anthem-The Hard Doc’s Life In the Silicon Valley

The Medical Quack — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:05:00 GMT

This is a funny musical rendition of a hospitalist in the Silicon Valley so all they techs that work in that area, pay attention. His name ZDoggMD is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 90′s rap culture. From his blog profile below : “I get to...(read more)

Nurse Files Suit In Tiger Woods Medical Record Case for Wrongful Dismissal-Claiming Lack of Computer Security at the Hospital

The Medical Quack — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:21:00 GMT

Well perhaps not so much in the last couple of years, but prior to this time you could find all kinds of security leaks in hospital networks and I mean flat out stupid stuff like employees having Lime Wire installed on their desktops! I have removed...(read more)

Hospital Security Breach–Hacker Fakes Out Employees and Asks for Their Email and Log In Information And They Gave It To Him

The Medical Quack — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:56:00 GMT

No real technology needed to break in this time when employees hand out their email addresses and log on information. If the hacker said he was within the hospital system working in IT, then he would have known this information or would have worked...(read more)

Hospital In Chicago Will No Longer Take Patients From Ambulance Services To Save Money

The Medical Quack — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:45:00 GMT

By doing do the hospital expects to save $20 to $25 million each year but other hospitals may feel the pinch as the patients will need to go somewhere for help. The hospital will still take walk in ER patients and plans to make room for more outpatient...(read more)

UMass Memorial Medical Center Created A New Marketing Approach for Attracting Bone Marrow Testing-Model Wearing Short Skirts

The Medical Quack — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:02:00 GMT

The Caitlin Raymond International Registry for bone marrow donors is run by the hospital and when all the insurers started seeing a growth in the number of claims, well folks stated looking. The models are now unemployed there and more investigations...(read more)

District Attorney’s Office And FBI Raid California Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

The Medical Quack — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:02:00 GMT

The hospital is still open and taking care of patients and thus far the reason for the search and seizure of the documents is a hush hush situation so we may be hearing more in the future on the reason for the investigation. The hospital had had...(read more)

El Camino Hospital–Using The Latest Health IT Technology For Better Care (Video)

The Medical Quack — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:57:00 GMT

This hospital does a lot of neat things, like blood tests that are automated. The hospital though as not been unaffected by current economic times and has had to lay off some employees. The robot did not take their place as they were already...(read more)

Anaheim General Hospital Regains Medicare Approval Status in the OC

The Medical Quack — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:44:00 GMT

In December of 2008 this longstanding hospital in Orange County lost their Medicare status and this is good to see the improvements and come back by all means as this hospital is located in a strategic area of the OC where people need the facility as...(read more)

Patients At This Hospital Are Allowed to Have Alcohol Brought In As Long As It Does Not Interfere With Medications And/or Treatments

The Medical Quack — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:51:00 GMT

The hospital says it has not made this a marketing point but patients with doctors who say it ok can have a drink or two a day. Of course this doesn’t mean bottles but this hospital is doing a lot of orthopedic procedures so the conditions and surgeries...(read more)

Prime Healthcare Under Investigation for High Infection Rates in California in Four Hospitals

The Medical Quack — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:53:00 GMT

Prime Healthcare is back in the news again, this time not over ownership and claim issues, but infection rates this time. Prime Health though is still in the business of buying up hospitals when the opportunities arise and a few months ago they...(read more)

Mercy Medical Center- A Catholic Hospital Opens the First Public Umbilical Cord Blood Bank

The Medical Quack — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:06:00 GMT

The stem cells are not or use for transplants but can be used for research. There are several private banks located across the county but this facility is the first public one to start. The stem cells will be entered into the National Marrow...(read more)