Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the second. For...
Non Federal Hospital Infrastructure Remains at Risk
Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the first. For...
Healthcare Myths and Reality Series #7 – Revisited – Pt. II
Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the second. For...
Healthcare Myths and Reality Series #7 – Revisited
Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the first. For...
Is there any way to distinguish Amazon delivery drones from these?
We have a long history of writing and consulting on CBRNE and post-Katrina All Hazards threats in the healthcare environment. We are increasingly concerned about some of the new opportunities that open up as a result of emerging technology....
Hospital Rankings Part Three…
This is the third in a series of posts concerning hospital rankings and comments on how we feel they could be more beneficial to patients while simultaneously reflecting a better view of reality. First, Do No Harm Without being overly nostalgic, we remember a time...
US Hospital Ranking Wars: The Beat Goes On…
As mentioned in an earlier post, we will delve a little more deeply into the topic of Hospital Rankings and what purpose they serve, how they are created and whether they can be trusted. We start with an introduction produced by the Healthcare Association of New York...
CMS Data Shows Huge Variability in Pricing by DRG
These interactive chart were created using the end of 2Q 2013 CMS Database.  The show the volume of procedures by category (DRG) and  State down to the hospital level. Moving through the tabs left to right, drill down on data by selecting state...
How Valuable are Hospital Rankings to those Seeking Care?
There appears to be a thriving cottage industry in rating hospitals and healthcare facilities as to which is “Best of Breed†or who is within the “Top XXXâ€. Because this seems to influence the selection by patients, we wanted to dig a little deeper into...
Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse
It is an unfortunate fact many of us will have to face; a time when supervised care of elderly parents and other relatives becomes necessary and a choice has to be made about where they should move to receive Long Term Care. As discussed in our Nursing Home Report...
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