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• More Consequences of IT: The Disappearance of Radiology Rounds

  When I was a med student, the Beating Heart of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) was not the CEO’s suite, the neurosurgeon’s OR, or the Dean’s lair. It was the seat of one Wallace Miller, Sr., in the decidedly unglamorous Chest Reading Read More... Posted Thu, Jan 31 2008 6:11 AM by Bob Wachter | 7 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Medical Education/Academia, Information Technology, Health Policy, Outsourcing/Medical Tourism

• The Weekly Roundup…

  Stuff this week that caught my eye: Does medical tourism harm the natives? Are all those CT scans destroying more than our budgets? Are nocturnalists at risk for more than decubs? Will Medicare need to cut hospital payments to fuel P4P? Answers: yes, Read More... Posted Fri, Nov 30 2007 9:45 PM by Bob Wachter | 0 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Pay-for-performance, Transparency and Reporting, Quality Measurement, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine, Diagnosis/Clinical Reasoning, Information Technology, Ambulatory/Primary Care, Nurses/Nursing, Health Policy, Outsourcing/Medical Tourism