Heath IT Mismanagement: MD Anderson to cut about 1,000 jobs due to " financial downfall officials largely attributed to its EPIC EHR implementation project "

At numerous posts on this blog I link to stories of health IT expense putting hospital financial stability at risk, e.g.:"What is more important in healthcare, computers, or nurses and other human beings? Southcoast Health cutting dozens of jobs on heels of expensive IT upgrade" athttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-is-more-important-in-healthcare.html"Lahey Health: hospital jobs lost, but computer vendors prosper" athttp://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2015/05/lahey-health-hospital-jobs-lost-but.html,"Monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement"(http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/06/monetary-losses-and-layoffs-from-ehr.html),"Financial woes at Maine Medical Center: Reading this blog might have saved them millions of dollars, and prevented massive ' cost saving initiatives ' " (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/05/financial-woes-at-maine-medical-center.html),and "In Fixing Those 9,553 EHR " Issues " , Southern Arizona ’s Largest Health Network is $28.5 Million In The Red" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/06/in-fixing-those-9553-ehr-issues.html)Here ' s another recent example:MD Anderson to cut about 1,000 jobs Becker ' s Hospital Review Ayla EllisonJan. 5, 2017http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/md-anderson-to-cut-1-000-jobs.htmlThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs, or 5 percent of its 20,000-person workforce, as it tries to improve its finan...
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