Back in May of 2009 Tenet made the announcement at the link below with their own MED3000 group. I’m not sure how all of this comes together but this could be further integration of multiple systems with adding Cerner to the ranks. Some of their facilities as I have mentioned before use some...
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Recently in the news too, Tenet announced their new affiliation with business intelligence from Med 3000 a company they own 20% of, so things will be changing all the way around as business intelligence software adds more focus on cost, something that every hospital seems to be working on today, so down...
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At the Palm Beach Gardens Hospital, the cardiologists are threatening to quit being on call unless they get paid to come in to treat emergency patients. Negotiations are still in process. The doctors state that patient volumes are down as well as income and they want the same benefits as...
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If you work with a Tenet Hospital, it looks like some possible changes and upgrades could be on the horizon. Many of the ones I am familiar with have used systems from McKesson, but that’s only a few that I am acquainted with locally. With the joint venture it appears there may be a handful of...
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Good article and worth reading from Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. We have similar issues in California as well, and once again not to dispute or takes sides, but you can’t help but notice when “big” new buildings begin to appear that are offering healthcare. ...
Both links offer some good insight as to what goes on behind the scenes. As patients, we just want to be taken care of, but behind what we may see are some long political battles, ones the hospitals I’m sure would rather do without. So why are they battling for patients, it comes right back to...
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This very extensive article examines various hospitals in Massachusetts and the cost of the same procedures at different hospitals, and then continues further to discuss how this happens; contracts with the insurers and the ability to use “branding” to command a higher rate, all the big centers do it...
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As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, Ewa Beach, $3.9 million;...
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