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Archive for April, 2005

Made for TV Hospital Disaster Movie "14 Hours"

Panned as what must be a low point for disaster flicks, TNT aired 14 Hours last night about the 2001 flooding of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. A flood may not be as visually arresting as an incendiary conflagration, but losing power during scores of surgeries and managing critical patients on vents and IABs is no walk […]


Hospital/Physician Gainsharing Agreements Threaten Medical Device Vendors

As hospitals continue to look for ways to respond to pressures to reduce costs, some are looking at ways to more closely align the often-disparate interest of doctors and hospitals.  Called gain-haring, hospitals financially reward physicians who work with them to lower costs.  Reading between the lines, hospitals would reward physicians who reduce costs using the […]


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