by Advize Admin | Feb 10, 2023 | Healthcare Facepalm, Technology
In early 2020, as they tried to fight covid-19 across two rural counties in North Carolina, the staff of Granville Vance Public Health was stymied, relying on outdated technology to track a fast-moving pandemic. Lisa Macon Harrison, the agency’s health...
by Advize Admin | Feb 3, 2023 | FWA, Healthcare Facepalm
After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Literally. Part of a ceiling collapsed on a nurse, the air conditioning conked out regularly, and a toilet once burst on Sample while she was helping a resident...
by Advize Admin | Nov 4, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her diarrhea. The Philadelphia resident was surprised when she received an online message informing her that because she hadn’t...
by Advize Admin | Jun 10, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
Well there is a first time for everything. This week marked a big one. On 6/8, CMS issued its first fines under federal price transparency rules which took effect in January of last year. Two Georgia hospitals were fined close to $1.1M for failing to...
by Advize Admin | Apr 1, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the rolling, wooded hills near the Kentucky border. Two cops responded. As their flashlights bobbed in the darkness, shining through...
by Advize Admin | Mar 25, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm, OIG Files
I recently needed to get a CT scan done as part of a full physical examination. The ordering doctor and the imaging center are associated with a very large group in the Central Florida area. Upon leaving the visit with the physician, I was handed a hard...
by Advize Admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away. The pregnancy went well until the surrogate experienced high...
by Advize Admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
Jamie Taylor received two letters from the Missouri Department of Social Services Family Support Division that began, “Good news,” before stating that she was denied Medicaid coverage. Her income exceeded the state’s limits for the federal-state public health...
by Advize Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Healthcare Facepalm
When covid-19 struck last year, Travis Warner’s company became busier than ever. He installs internet and video systems, and with people suddenly working from home, service calls surged. He and his employees took precautions like wearing masks and physically...
by Advize Admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Healthcare Facepalm
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to realign his jaw to get to the root of his health problems. The fix would involve two surgeries over a couple of years and wearing braces on his...
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