I used to have to call docs to ask them what they meant by their computer entered order...it was such a mess...
Their excuse...”I am PC, pre computer”...truth was the computer system was unintuitive and very poorly programmed.
Many docs would not bring their patients to the hospital because they couldn’t figure out the system. The hospital lost many patients. I believe the computer system was one of the many reasons why the hospital chain went bankrupt.
And somebody made a whole lot of money installing that computer system in that hospital chain.
A new hospital was built in Utica, New York called Wynn Hospital. It's supposed to replace the older St. Elizabeth's and St. Luke's Hospitals. NY State put $74 million toward the build. It opened last October.
I had to go into Utica for a sonogram on Tuesday. I'd already heard that the new hospital was a "cluster f*ck" from a woman I talked to at a previous doctor's appointment a couple months ago, so I asked the Sonographer if she could give me an update. She said it was a mess, and that two other health networks, one being Bassett Healthcare Network in Syracuse, NY and one other were trying to take over the running of the hospital. I just did a search, and I guess there have been problems at the hospital, one being that in May, they had to suspend open-heart procedures. The NY State Department of Health investigated, and as of today, the procedures can proceed again, the problem having been cited as no contract was in place for cardiac surgeon coverage, as had always been required.
If I ever need to have any other surgeries in my life, I certainly wouldn't opt to go there.