So Philadelphia magazine releases a list every year of Top Docs, but these are usually grouped by specialty only. In keeping with our lists for Philadelphia-area hospitals, here are the top 10 hospitals by number of Top Docs mentioned in the May 2008 issue. Keep in mind several things: this is a completely arbitrary list [...]
Entries from May 19th, 2008
2006 Mortality Rates, Congestive Heart Failure
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · healthcare
In our continuing series where we look at the rates of infection and mortality reported by Philadelphia area hospitals, here we filter out the hospitals with the lowest mortality rates for cases reported as Congestive Heart Failure. What is interesting to note is the low actual number of cases, consider the rates are reported as [...]
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Earthlink finally bails
May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · programming
Received this nice note from Earthlink this morning: Dear EarthLink Wi-Fi Subscriber, This email contains important information about your EarthLink Wi-Fi service. EarthLink will stop operating its wireless network in Philadelphia. EarthLink is providing our Wi-Fi subscribers with a thirty (30) day transition period through Thursday, June 12, 2008. This means that your EarthLink Wi-Fi [...]
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2006 Infection Rates Ranking
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · healthcare
In an objective attempt to qualify which hospitals are ‘better’ or ‘worse’ in the Philadelphia area, I’ve been poring over some interesting data provided by the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council (www.phc4.org). From this organization, we can see total cases reported for infections among patients. I grouped hospitals by their peer group, isolated the largest [...]
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2006 Infection Rates Ranking
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · healthcare
In an objective attempt to qualify which hospitals are ‘better’ or ‘worse’ in the Philadelphia area, I’ve been poring over some interesting data provided by the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council (www.phc4.org). From this organization, we can see total cases reported for infections among patients. I grouped hospitals by their peer group, isolated the largest [...]
Tags: hospitals·infection·pennsylvania·philadelphia·ranking·rates
Zonte’s Footstep Shiraz Viognier blend
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · wine
From Langhorne Creek in Australia, another red blend. My wife really enjoyed this blend of shiraz and viognier, but I was just okay with it. This wine is packed with fruit and has the hint of sweetness and butteryness of a viognier. It even has some subtle pepper from the shiraz. This would be a [...]
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Cline Oakley four Whites
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · wine
We’ve been noticing how vineyards are assembling interesting blends of whites and reds. Just when you finally settled on a preference for a cabernet franc/shiraz blend over a cab sauvignon/pinot noir, now we see blends of multiple varietals, which in the whites has become really intruiging. Hmm. The label on this particular bottle has a [...]
Tags: chardonnay·Palomino·riesling·viognier