Here we are, one week away from EarthLink pulling the plug on the Wireless Philadelphia Wi-Fi network, and we have not seen or heard anything further about it since the original announcement. Will some non-profit org come to the rescue? Will Gov. Rendell broker a deal? Will the city of Philadelphia sue Earthlink to keep [...]
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One Week left for WiFi Philly
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments · programming
Tags: earthlink·philadelphia·WiFi·wireless
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 [...]
Tags: congestive heart failure·healthcare·hospitals·philadelphia·rates
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 [...]
Tags: earthlink·philadelphia·WiFi·wireless
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
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