tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post3365593249632146070..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Please help FredPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3629771101962393582012-10-30T22:55:55.510-04:002012-10-30T22:55:55.510-04:00I cannot see how this will possibly have any signi...I cannot see how this will possibly have any significant impact on the goals outlined by the proponent. Analysis of suspect data will eventually lead to false and potentially damaging data. Collection of data from secondary sources (for example SEER data) is selective and potentially "dirty" . Until we as a nation, providers and payers commit to structured collection of patient blinded data and transparency in the relationships between physicians, health care systems and payers, plans like this are trying to make silk purses out of sows ears. Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-43679543170160018722012-10-29T08:06:04.543-04:002012-10-29T08:06:04.543-04:00From Facebook:
Great project from Fred Trotter. T...From Facebook:<br /><br />Great project from Fred Trotter. Thanks for pointing it out. Just backed it and urge those who seek transparency and accountability from physicians to do the same.Pat Mastorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-920246520194697762012-10-28T23:39:14.125-04:002012-10-28T23:39:14.125-04:00Fred does good work, and go back to the days when ...Fred does good work, and go back to the days when only a few of us on message boards at EMRupdate talked about medical records and when I was writing code, and he was beating us over the head with Linux, but his time has come:) This would certainly be a step up from the all flawed data that companies like Healthgrades puts out there for sure. <br /><br />They don't keep up with board data sometimes and don't like me too much since I found my old doctor who had been dead for 8 years still listed as taking new patients at Healthgrades. I still find errors there as well and found another today on a doctor I know who was mentioned in an article in the New York Times:)<br /><br />Hat's off to Fred if he can get some accurate information out there for sure. I just wrote up Healthgrades again and most of the other services out there are not much better. <br /><br />I did an interview with the AMA on the dead doctor topic a couple years ago and these data companies blame it on the state boards for not updating their information:) The state boards are part of the problem. <br /><br /><br />As long as we rely on boards for accurate information we will always have problems I think sadly. Dr. Oz at one of the free clinics couldn't even participate in one of the free clinics as a practicing doctor and had to "consult" as the California board could not get the paperwork done in time to allow MDs from out of state to participate at the free clinic and thus they were short on doctors to volunteer. <br /><br />A while back a few doctors and myself did an informal comparison and the Medicare base, even though it was not as complete with information was more accurate than the commercial sites like Healthgrades you see, and it too had a few dead doctors in the mix:) <br /><br />Fred does good work and I look forward to seeing doctors that aren't dead with good bedside manners . If nothing else a doctor could at least be verified by using the Social Security death index:) Medical Quackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443589277651479846noreply@blogger.com