tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post2007177880305765132..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Play Ball!Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-39412357975040885172007-03-27T08:13:00.000-04:002007-03-27T08:13:00.000-04:00I was wondering does the contract increase your ce...I was wondering does the contract increase your census?<BR/>I personally think it's more valuble to have the contract to treat the players .That way you get more PR every time a player is treated and it's on the local sports.<BR/>When I go to the game I don't pay much attention to who's the official hospital.Unless I got illBug's Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605596545049165767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-14364708669994418412007-03-17T17:55:00.000-04:002007-03-17T17:55:00.000-04:00I did get a World Series ring, which I auctioned o...I did get a World Series ring, which I auctioned off to benefit our community hospital in Needham. It brought $100,000!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-25430386167837232152007-03-17T17:15:00.000-04:002007-03-17T17:15:00.000-04:00Did you get a World Series Ring?Did you get a World Series Ring?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-34767383477412685802007-03-16T11:09:00.000-04:002007-03-16T11:09:00.000-04:00As an employee of BIDMC The merger with the sox ha...As an employee of BIDMC The merger with the sox has been beneficial at least for me, as I have won the chance to purchace game tickets two years in a row. Tickets I otherwise would NOT be able to get my hands on. So if I have to play ball to stay employed and win the chance to BUY tickets then I guess I will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-36822184321498230392007-03-16T09:54:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:54:00.000-04:00Anytime a hospital remains committed to its commun...Anytime a hospital remains committed to its community, it's a good thing.<BR/><BR/>And if they can cure a curse like that one, they're magicians!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-88186450114276974752007-03-16T09:33:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:33:00.000-04:00The first anonymous has a point. While I have a g...The first anonymous has a point. While I have a gut sense that the Red Sox affiliation with BIDMC is generally beneficial to BIDMC I can't truly judge the valuewithout knowing the cost per year and evaluating the utility of alternative spending choices.<BR/><BR/>While you are to be commended for your advocacy of transparency in health care quality measures, and even your own salary, this blog post perhaps reveals your own discomfort with disclosure. I would not be surprised if there was a contract provision that prohibits either party from disclosing the terms of your relationship with the Red Sox. If that is so, it certainly should be respected. However, if it is so it makes your professed desire to "discuss" the issue and open yourself to criticism rather disengenuous. <BR/><BR/>I note there is no discussion of what, if any (and I am certain there are some), provisions exist for preferential season tickets or other ticket access and to whom those benefits accrue.<BR/><BR/>Stick to blog discussions in which you are able to be intellectually honest and factually transparent - your failure to do so will taint and compromise an otherwise commendable blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-76524058567291122552007-03-16T09:15:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:15:00.000-04:00Hi Paul, I do share your committed community minde...Hi Paul, <BR/>I do share your committed community minded philanthropic point of view!<BR/> Giving back is what it is all about. <BR/>Not just giving money, rather the gift of time!<BR/>You/we/BIDMC/Red Sox are making a diffenece in the community! It is so gratifying to see the initiation and promotion of all the local charitable endeavors, and the organization of academic experiences for our cities youth utilizing the athletic-academic world!<BR/> Priceless! <BR/>It is not always about money is it?<BR/>Sometimes we get so busy making a living we forget to make a life! You make sure we don't forget!!!<BR/>It is quite a brilliant idea to promote the realtionship of the BIDMC and The Boston Red Sox!<BR/>There is a difference between "living" and <BR/>"living well"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-72554071653467541652007-03-16T09:09:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:09:00.000-04:00I have little interest in sport corporations that ...I have little interest in sport corporations that suck from the public till and titillate the private dollar for advertising exposure.<BR/><BR/>But, if it helps assure the success of BIDMC, then I suppose we all must "play ball".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-67620785336413297312007-03-16T02:07:00.000-04:002007-03-16T02:07:00.000-04:00You go right ahead and claim that you cured the cu...You go right ahead and claim that you cured the curse. I don't care, as long as it was CURED. Let's hope that your association with the Sox will once again bring the trophy to every city and town in New England.margalithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782326504951603071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-17267404850198087792007-03-15T23:20:00.000-04:002007-03-15T23:20:00.000-04:00One fact is conspicuously absent in all of this --...One fact is conspicuously absent in all of this -- how much did it cost?<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately I can't share your warm feelings towards a goofy endorsement like this. At the end of the day, this transfers resources from health care to one of baseball's most lucrative franchises.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I feel ashamed for our health care system each time I see another tv spot for big pharma's latest product line, hear a warm and fuzzy radio commerical for an insurance company, or see a hospital sink cash into something as stupid as this Sox deal. (And it seems like every Major League Baseball team has convinced a hospital in its home city that this a smart idea.)<BR/><BR/>And we wonder why we all pay so much for health care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com