From the Los Angeles Times: State lists worst hospitals for care of pneumonia — Five Kaiser facilities have among the highest mortality rates. By Francisco Vara-Orta, Times Staff Writer Five Kaiser Permanente hospitals were among the 28 institutions with the highest death rates in California for patients with pneumonia, according to a state report to… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: Kaiser replaces chief of digital records project — An outsider will take over the troubled $4-billion effort from Bruce Turkstra. By Daniel Costello, Times Staff Writer The senior executive overseeing Kaiser Permanente’s massive effort to digitize its members’ medical records is being replaced, the company said Monday, the latest sign… Read More »
Update 7/27/07: This post has been up long enough to make its point, so we’re shortening all of the last names to initials. Update 2/27/07: A little bird tells us there’s a full-fledged witch hunt going on inside KP HealthConnect in response to this post. It’s being reported that Vijaya Rogers has been running around… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: Kaiser has aches, pains going digital — Patients’ welfare is at stake in the electronic effort, experts say. By Daniel Costello, Times Staff Writer Kaiser Permanente’s $4-billion effort to computerize the medical records of its 8.6 million members has encountered repeated technical problems, leading to potentially dangerous incidents such… Read More »
From San Francisco Business Times: Kaiser whistleblower settles lawsuit over abrupt firing ? Merlin asked Kaiser for $5 million in damages by Chris Rauber David Merlin, the former administrative director of Kaiser Permanente?s troubled Northern California kidney transplant unit, has settled his wrongful termination lawsuit against Kaiser following a Dec. 18 arbitration hearing. Merlin lost… Read More »