Somewhat inevitable that it would lead to this. Justin Deal was the one who exposed the Kaiser IT debacle. Kaiser apologist Matthew Holt chimes in with his take.
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Kevin.
Are you an apologist for 150 years of bad self-interested behavior from American doctors? Because I don’t see you attacking it every day! In fact I’ve said way more critical things about Kaiser than you generally ever say about anyone working in health care. Want to become known as the AMA apologist?
Matthew
To Matthew –
I’m not going to call you an apologist: I think you’ve been honest when you’ve stated your favorable opinion of Kaiser in the past, and this gives your critiques more weight. You do seem to be trying overly hard to diminish Justen, though. I don’t get that – it seems counter to how you’ve handled these things in the past (with a bit more sympathy toward the underdog).
It is a bit disturbing that after vociferously expressing my concerns about how the credibility of anonymous bloggers gets undercut by the choices made by higher profile bloggers, you cut me out of the loop in your post (and you are now cited as the “source” by other bloggers). This is a disservice not just to me, but to other interested parties, since I posted the HR email sent to Justen:
http://corphq.livejournal.com/80506.html
And Matthew knows this isn’t all I shared with him recently. I’m sure he’d rather not get any more inside info from me than have me go around and grumble about how that info was used later. I think I’ve reached my saturation point on this issue, though. I’m up against a colossus of the health care world: if I can’t get some respect just for that sheer effort, I’d at least like some recognition that I’m helping other blogs “scoop” and enhancing their credibility.
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