Well I think a few words might sum up this entire report, “Show me the money” might be some word echoed by hospitals. I visited a hospital this week and they are keeping the lights and basics going only, why, because we have no budget for the State of California and nursing homes and other businesses...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, EHR, Physicians, Hospitals, Budgets, Desperate Hosptials, Money, Medical Records Venture Capitalists
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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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-30-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Physicians, FDA, Hospitals, Nursing, bankruptcy, Economics, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Transparancy, Layoffs, Debt consolidation, Overseas Investments, Vendors
More hospitals fighting budgets and having enough money in the till to offer good patient services and stay in business. Surgery rooms schedules are tighter these days too, with operating the rooms at the shortest time element possible as well, somewhat additional stress at times for hospital workers...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Physicians, Hospitals, Hospitalists, Desperate Hosptials, Financial Insolvency