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Not Running a Hospital
Personal blog · runningahospital.blogspot.comhealthbusiness
Not Running a Hospital is a personal blog at runningahospital.blogspot.com about health and business. Since 2009, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Cited for posts on US hospital chargemaster prices, healthcare providers forming monopolies, and a Sydney tunnel incident. Commenters link the posts as sources without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching.
What Hacker News says?
Perhaps they need more cowbells: http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-bus-crashed...
Comment linking /2013/02/why-bus-crashed.html
on “Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]”Submitted No such thing as a random failure as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIsn't the chargemaster price mostly unrelated to anything? http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/05/useless-noise-f...
Comment linking /2013/05/useless-noise-from-cms.html
on “Show HN: We structured and compared hospital chargemaster prices”Submitted Reminders of Art Buchwald: Why duopolies don't work as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSince when has a monopoly ever been a good thing? In the U.S., it is the healthcare providers who form for-profit monopolies that jack up the prices and screw over the consumer - see for example: http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/07/well-done-partn... I'm not a fan of monopoly, but I'd rather have a monopoly that works in the interest of getting all patients healthcare and bargaining down consumer prices, ra…
Comment linking /2012/07/well-done-partners.html
on “French Entrepreneurs Revolt”Submitted Massively broken medical insurance systems: Opportunity? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted One way to handle a near miss as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flame throwers would work nicely as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Defining a defect as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Oatmeal Work-arounds as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking Haitian medical care: "Good will has to be organised" as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Accountability as a story · 1 points
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