Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120426_PDI_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120322_Soma_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120201_Provation_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > February, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 2

Editor's Page

What You're For, Strengthens You

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Dan O We're not sure what the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) is trying to achieve with its multimedia smear campaign against so-called limited-service providers - such unsavory outfits as physician-owned ASCs and imaging centers - but somebody please let these fine folks know they can stop throwing good money after bad on direct mail, telephone calls and writeOutLink("myhealthcarematters.org",1) to broadcast their needlepoint nag: "What you don't know can hurt you."

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Op-Ed/Letters/Email
Keywords:
Amarillo-based; American Association; Association; Count; Hospital Association; MHA's; McGuire Woods; Missouri; Missouri Hospital Association; Partnerships; Texas; Woods; achieve; appears; bad; broadcast; calls; campaign; cardiac; category; center; co-chairman; coincidental; continue; country; court; decided; delivery; department; desire; direct; dropped; dropping; economic; extend; fighting; fine; focus; folks; for-profit; forming; friendly; goal; good; growing; growth; hand; hardening; health; healthcare; high; hope; hospital; hurt; imaging; injunction; integrated; issued; joint-venture; jud... show all keywords
Amarillo-based; American Association; Association; Count; Hospital Association; MHA's; McGuire Woods; Missouri; Missouri Hospital Association; Partnerships; Texas; Woods; achieve; appears; bad; broadcast; calls; campaign; cardiac; category; center; co-chairman; coincidental; continue; country; court; decided; delivery; department; desire; direct; dropped; dropping; economic; extend; fighting; fine; focus; folks; for-profit; forming; friendly; goal; good; growing; growth; hand; hardening; health; healthcare; high; hope; hospital; hurt; imaging; injunction; integrated; issued; joint-venture; judge; jugulars; lawmakers; laws; levy; limited-service; make; man; model; money; multimedia; needlepoint; neighborhood; orthopedic; outfits; outpatient; ownership; participating; percent; physician; physician-owned; physician-owners; physicians; possibly; preferred; preventing; profitable; provider; radiation; radical; services; sheathe; show; sift; smear; so-called; specialty; stand; state; stop; strengthens; stubborn; suffering; surgery; surgical; suspect; sway; swords; system; systems; tax; taxes; telephone; temporary; throwing; trained; type; unsavory; viewpoint; wage; war; weakens; who'd; wise; writes

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111216_USWorldMeds_AR-300x250.jpg
Other Articles That May Interest You