Comments on: Has it come to this? http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/05/06/has-it-come-to-this/479 FixKP: the unofficial Kaiser Permanente blog at blog.fixkp.org Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kaiser Permanente and the art of funny money. : justen http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/05/06/has-it-come-to-this/479/comment-page-1#comment-4904 Kaiser Permanente and the art of funny money. : justen Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:48:33 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/05/06/has-it-come-to-this/479#comment-4904 [...] On Friday, the non-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported that its profit for the first half of the year was over $1.9 billion. For the first time in years, the organization also reported its figures on an operating income basis, a more helpful measure of ongoing performance, rather than net income (which happens to be an issue I had raised again and again). [...] [...] On Friday, the non-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported that its profit for the first half of the year was over $1.9 billion. For the first time in years, the organization also reported its figures on an operating income basis, a more helpful measure of ongoing performance, rather than net income (which happens to be an issue I had raised again and again). [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/05/06/has-it-come-to-this/479/comment-page-1#comment-4906 Anonymous Wed, 16 May 2007 20:26:41 +0000 http://blog.fixkp.org/2007/05/06/has-it-come-to-this/479#comment-4906 Justen,<br/><br/>This is now an international cause as the inferior and ineffective health IT from the USA is exported around the globe. You and your readers should please check out: e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2592 or google on ehealth Milton Keynes to read of the health IT debacle across the pond in England. The supplier of the Cerner Millenium, Fujitsu, states....there have been some high impact problems and we regret any inconvenience that this has caused to patients and clinicians." How sweet of them to be so concerned for patients after implementing a sytem of computer devices that can result in death. Where was their due diligence on safety and efficacy?<br/><br/>Justen, we are with you...do not stop. Things are happening.<br/><br/>best regards,<br/><br/>menoalittle Justen,

This is now an international cause as the inferior and ineffective health IT from the USA is exported around the globe. You and your readers should please check out: e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2592 or google on ehealth Milton Keynes to read of the health IT debacle across the pond in England. The supplier of the Cerner Millenium, Fujitsu, states….there have been some high impact problems and we regret any inconvenience that this has caused to patients and clinicians.” How sweet of them to be so concerned for patients after implementing a sytem of computer devices that can result in death. Where was their due diligence on safety and efficacy?

Justen, we are with you…do not stop. Things are happening.

best regards,

menoalittle

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