Comments on: News 3/6/09

By: OverdoseAlert

OverdoseAlert — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:11:14 +0000

Thank you for your comments regarding the Quaid headline. I recoiled when i saw it….already too much when I hear semi-HIT people stating they are looking forward to his session.
Celebrity status greases the way…for what?

If you really want to hear the story, put me on stage. My son was overdosed not once, but twice, by experimental drugs much more lethal than what the twins received. This dates back to pre-IOM….and I personally help to bring a few changes to med admin in that major academic medical center. And, yes, I worked in the industry pre-overdose and now it has been 18 years post-overdose in this business.

I actually helped to launch a med admin program, rolled out by a large vendor. Amazing how Dennis now has the answer to such a challenging problem.

Get the hook before he even reaches the podium….wonder if he is donating his fees to healthcare reform or some charitable cause?

By: 3M = PriceIncrease

3M = PriceIncrease — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:35:21 +0000

3M Dictation Transcription is the SoftMed Stuff. This used to be industry leading KLAS stuff. Products have gotten a bit dusty ssince 3M acquired it 3 years ago. Still pretty good stuff. Biggest Worry – - – 3M PRICE INCREASES. The coding products from 3M are insanely priced and already eat up so much of our hospitals budget. We are very serious about getting off the products and going back to QuadraMed or to HSS(now Ingenix) as we just can’t keep paying this kind of money for an encoder. Translate that to the Dictation stuff and there are just too many products or service models out there to choose from (Nuance eScription, Dolbey, Medquist, other outsourcers). 3M needs to prove to us all that they won’t do to us with Dictation what they already show they love to do – INCREASE PRICES – else sorry but all of the industry will buy other Dictation. Good functionality loses these days if your pricing strategies are HogLike. Remember Pigs get Fat . . . Hogs get slaughtered . . 3M – time to stand up . . which are you.

By: Bar Code

Bar Code — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:01:01 +0000

Sorry, Inga, but when you ask “who invented…” anything, odds are it was a man. That’s just the way the world works.

BTW, didn’t I see that patch on Oprah?

By: Cynic

Cynic — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:25:41 +0000

Quaid opening HIMSS, just the right hint of sarcasm. I’ll find something else to do.

By: Agamemnon Jones

Agamemnon Jones — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:22:40 +0000

[I know prog is pretentious, soulless, and overwrought, but I still like it]

Must be because it’s so different from our business!