tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post5761293999530036656..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Hey, UPMC. Don't forget to block the web sites, too!Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-76490824113189492822015-06-28T16:00:35.033-04:002015-06-28T16:00:35.033-04:00I honestly thought some of you would of felt diffe...I honestly thought some of you would of felt differently. (Like an M.D. or a CEO, And it being a hospital) The posts as good and great as most of them are, the comments are as equally interesting. I appreciate different opinions and with an open mind learn something from each and everyone of you. Some of the post are over my head and way out of my league, so I don't dare comment but I've wanted to ask a question here and there so bad, but out of fear of it probably being a dumb question I didn't! But Thanks for teaching me something new and important almost everyday, and your opinions do matter and make a difference. Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916598876575236275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-41237731591609221392015-06-26T11:35:33.744-04:002015-06-26T11:35:33.744-04:00We are so screwed. Ban a newspaper because it says...We are so screwed. Ban a newspaper because it says true but not nice things about your hospital. Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-7730097355080027702015-06-26T10:34:22.309-04:002015-06-26T10:34:22.309-04:00Corporatization is an affliction that needs a vacc...Corporatization is an affliction that needs a vaccine.<br /><br />I still maintain that business schools need a code of ethics and a pledge. Is business a profession? They have professional schools, but without a code of ethics, they cannot be a profession, I'd say. Even police take an oath. Even politicians take an oath. Not business! And yet here they are bossing all those professionals who do have a code of ethics, who do take an oath. What an inversion! It's headed for trouble, there's no way around it.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-40713045398166832352015-06-25T21:29:30.682-04:002015-06-25T21:29:30.682-04:00This is remarkably petty and juvenile behavior.This is remarkably petty and juvenile behavior.beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640602293864876951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-88765716627406013272015-06-25T14:55:03.015-04:002015-06-25T14:55:03.015-04:00I wouldn't be surprised if UPMC gets around to...I wouldn't be surprised if UPMC gets around to blocking these websites.<br /><br />A few years ago, I was visiting a patient in the hospital. I had some free time, so turned on my computer, signed onto the free hospital internet for visitors, and tried to access my own blog, Health Care Renewal (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com). I couldn't. Thinking there was a general access problem I tried to access other sites. I could easily get to general news sites, and general health blogs.<br /><br />But I couldn't get to my blog, or other blogs that were critical of the health care status quo. I found that the hospital internet seemed linked to a system that blocked "objectionable" sites. <br /><br />I thought about following up on this, but never got around to it. But I wouldn't be surprised if many hospitals subscribe to such blocking software, and the hospital version may block not only traditionally objectionable content, but content the hospital management might find personally obejctionable. <br /><br />Maybe someone can try in the local wi-fi at UPMC and see what happens. Roy M Poses MDhttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3459789192859972572015-06-25T09:01:38.057-04:002015-06-25T09:01:38.057-04:00A letter to the editor of the PG:
Since I am one ...A letter to the editor of the PG:<br /><br />Since I am one of those patients affected by the UPMC/​Highmark fight, I am now afforded a way to fight back.<br /><br />Whenever I am at the Hillman Cancer Center or another UPMC site for testing and checkups, I am going to leave my subscription copy of the Post-Gazette for others. Trust me, there is so much sitting around waiting, people will pick up the newspaper to read, and it has already been paid for.<br /><br />I have had a subscription since 1973.<br /><br />http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/06/25/Sharing-my-PG-at-UPMC/stories/201506250107Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-24672055792357849112015-06-25T08:40:33.832-04:002015-06-25T08:40:33.832-04:00Not surprising. Sentara pays for ads in the Virgin...Not surprising. Sentara pays for ads in the Virginian Pilot. Is there one word about some items going on there? No. Do reporters accept the stories about care issues, administrative issues, doctors who's behavior should be put at the front to ask why it is acceptable, the links to the State Medical Board, etc? <br /><br />No. Check out David Baker and answersforlisa, the blog, and you'll see how newspapers are questionable when there are conflicts between business and the public's right to know. <br /><br />You should do a story on this. I hold you up as a decent CEO who they should follow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com