Blogs

Post date:: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 12:59pm

Coin of the realm in DC is $2. That usually buys you a bottle of water, and you'll need to replenish the moolah frequently. Humid, thunder-showery, no-bottles-past-security, a normal stretch of June.

Oakhurst-Reflections on Giving!

Post date:: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 10:29am

I feel blessed to have served in the role of CEO at Clovis Community Medical Center (CCMC) for nearly 17 months now and continue to be amazed each and every day by the generousity (care and giving!) of so many people and organizations.

And we still call it a system?

Post date:: Friday, June 8, 2007 - 12:34pm

It's chaos. It's criminal. It's contradictory. Here are some snippets from the nation's health care "system."

Who sees the Big Picture?

Post date:: Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 9:53am

If you stumbled into the special May 30 meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, you may need treatment for whiplash.

The topic, now nearly five months old: How to come up with just the right arcane language to satisfy county, state and federal bureaucrats and, ultimately, provide as much as $54 million in special federal Medi-Cal money over three years for Community Medical Centers to care for the needy.

"We are that critical access point for those that don't have resources," Community CEO Tim Joslin told the supervisors.

How many Dodger Dogs would it take to save a hospital?

Post date:: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 3:01pm

For $40 to $60 a ticket, you get a bad seat at Dodger Stadium and all the hot dogs, nachos, peanuts and soda you can scarf down. That's how the Dodgers are selling out their right field pavilion, factoring that the average fan will consume a little less than three 'dogs, a bag of peanuts and a plate of nachos (the Wall Street Journal says the team doesn't keep stats on drinks because they're self-serve).