Comments on: Five Kaiser facilities have highest mortality rates http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/ Kaiser Permanente: Failure to Thrive -- A Managed Care Watch Web Site Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: anita http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-25894 anita Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:55:15 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-25894 im very dissapointed with them ...recovering from heart failure, anoxic brain injury from grandmal sizures and they cut off my health insurance because i have been on sickleave over 6 months. now i have to find a way to come up with 700 dollars for my sizure meds and antidepresants. im so dissapointed as an ex employee and ex patient. my life is in the biggest mess right now im very dissapointed with them …recovering from heart failure, anoxic brain injury from grandmal sizures and they cut off my health insurance because i have been on sickleave over 6 months. now i have to find a way to come up with 700 dollars for my sizure meds and antidepresants. im so dissapointed as an ex employee and ex patient. my life is in the biggest mess right now

]]> By: Kaiser Permanente Thrive Exposed » Fourth season of Brand Baloney on a $45 million Kaiser roll http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-22727 Kaiser Permanente Thrive Exposed » Fourth season of Brand Baloney on a $45 million Kaiser roll Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:28:23 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-22727 [...] is ‘Thrive’-ing at Kaiser Permanente…unless you need a kidney transplant, or have pneumonia, or cancer, or a past due pregnancy, or a consumer complaint, or need a prescription, or, or, [...] [...] is ‘Thrive’-ing at Kaiser Permanente…unless you need a kidney transplant, or have pneumonia, or cancer, or a past due pregnancy, or a consumer complaint, or need a prescription, or, or, [...]

]]> By: Anonymous Jones http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-20409 Anonymous Jones Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:46:23 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-20409 Funny that Mr. Kaiser spokesman doesn't have a problem admitting that Kaiser has a major staph infection problem that causes people to get pneumonia AFTER being admitted to the hospital, yet they flat refuse to give us our records that, you know, actually say the same thing. Bastards. Funny that Mr. Kaiser spokesman doesn’t have a problem admitting that Kaiser has a major staph infection problem that causes people to get pneumonia AFTER being admitted to the hospital, yet they flat refuse to give us our records that, you know, actually say the same thing. Bastards.

]]> By: Ken Hillebert http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-19651 Ken Hillebert Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:30:20 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-19651 Personal Physician = inability to get same day appt to treat pneumonia. Kaiser stinks. Refused same day appt because personal physician was on duty. Personal refused same day appt wanted to treat via telephone call. What? are you serious? Phone it in? How do you do a chest xray over the phone. Threw a fit, spent 4 hours in urgent care after being refused same day appt at 7 am by appt line. After 4 hours in urgent care, informed by urgent care doctor that if I had waited, I would have required hospitalization for pneumonia. These idiots don't have a clue. After 26 years with Kaiser, I'm bailing out. They are too big to give a damn. Never heard of treating pneumonia by phone. PS, personal physician was supposed to call within an hour, still hasn't called after 2 days. Don't let them give you a personal physician. It's a total set up for disaster. Kaiser thrives should be changed to Kaiser KILLS! What idiots. Personal Physician = inability to get same day appt to treat pneumonia. Kaiser stinks. Refused same day appt because personal physician was on duty. Personal refused same day appt wanted to treat via telephone call. What? are you serious? Phone it in? How do you do a chest xray over the phone. Threw a fit, spent 4 hours in urgent care after being refused same day appt at 7 am by appt line. After 4 hours in urgent care, informed by urgent care doctor that if I had waited, I would have required hospitalization for pneumonia. These idiots don’t have a clue. After 26 years with Kaiser, I’m bailing out. They are too big to give a damn. Never heard of treating pneumonia by phone. PS, personal physician was supposed to call within an hour, still hasn’t called after 2 days. Don’t let them give you a personal physician. It’s a total set up for disaster. Kaiser thrives should be changed to Kaiser KILLS! What idiots.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-19628 anonymous Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:09:49 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-19628 I believe it. I had pneumonia and it took 4 doctors to finally get to the bottom of it. I have had pneumonia before and knew that it was exactly what I had. None of the doctors even took an x-ray. My primary, who happened to be on a leave was the one to do the x-ray and diagnosed me with pneumonia. What a joke. I believe it. I had pneumonia and it took 4 doctors to finally get to the bottom of it. I have had pneumonia before and knew that it was exactly what I had. None of the doctors even took an x-ray. My primary, who happened to be on a leave was the one to do the x-ray and diagnosed me with pneumonia. What a joke.

]]> By: Admin http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13978 Admin Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:57:30 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13978 Most interesting to us is that once again, <a href="http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2005/09/15/at-kaiser-we-are-a-cheatin/" rel="nofollow">when Kaiser doesn't control the survey results the "quality" scores suffer</a>. Our prediction: Kaiser will now begin aggressively treating pneumonia to game the outcomes, but people with some other ailment that the state doesn't track will pay the price. It's called cost shifting. Most interesting to us is that once again, when Kaiser doesn’t control the survey results the “quality” scores suffer.

Our prediction: Kaiser will now begin aggressively treating pneumonia to game the outcomes, but people with some other ailment that the state doesn’t track will pay the price. It’s called cost shifting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13972 Anonymous Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:36:34 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13972 I'd like the LA Times to make the link between these death rates and Health Connect. I believe that Sacramento, South Sacramento, and Roseville are 3 of the sites that have been "adopting" the Health Connect software for the longest time. I don't know about Riverside or Panorama City. Vijaya Rogers started her Health Connect career in South Sacramento. I’d like the LA Times to make the link between these death rates and Health Connect. I believe that Sacramento, South Sacramento, and Roseville are 3 of the sites that have been “adopting” the Health Connect software for the longest time. I don’t know about Riverside or Panorama City. Vijaya Rogers started her Health Connect career in South Sacramento.

]]> By: gadfly http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13965 gadfly Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:48:22 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13965 Doesn't surprise me - thanks as usual for posting so quick. I'm blogging on it now. Doesn’t surprise me - thanks as usual for posting so quick. I’m blogging on it now.

]]> By: ANOTHER Kaiser VICTIM http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13957 ANOTHER Kaiser VICTIM Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:17:51 +0000 http://www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/02/27/five-kaiser-facilities-have-highest-mortality-rates/#comment-13957 "It's a death that can be prevented with better care," Tran said. "Hospitals that seem to do better appear more active in the treatment of their patients." Does this come as any surprise? Most of the patients were probably told that it was all in their head and sent home or maybe they were told that they were too fat and this is why they had pneumonia. I guess the victims didn't eat enough broccoli. We know how Kaiser likes to minimize symptoms of all kinds. I wonder how they fare in infant mortality rates. It's a death that could perhaps be minimized by choosing a healthcare facility other than Kaiser. “It’s a death that can be prevented with better care,” Tran said. “Hospitals that seem to do better appear more active in the treatment of their patients.”

Does this come as any surprise? Most of the patients were probably told that it was all in their head and sent home or maybe they were told that they were too fat and this is why they had pneumonia. I guess the victims didn’t eat enough broccoli. We know how Kaiser likes to minimize symptoms of all kinds. I wonder how they fare in infant mortality rates.

It’s a death that could perhaps be minimized by choosing a healthcare facility other than Kaiser.

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