Archive for the 'Wasteful Spending' Category

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

There is no question that Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania are richly blessed to have one of the op ten academic medical centers and associated hospital systems in the United States.  Last year I observed with wonderment the acquisition of two intercontinental jets to fly the imperious leadership of UPMC to visit their international assets. So [...]

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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Resistance to Change
The human impulses related to change is probably as old as our knuckle dragging ancestors. Presented only as English literature, there [...]

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Monday, May 14th, 2007

Hubris Seems to be Flying High at UPMC
The Trib reported last Sunday (May 6, 2007) that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has leased a second corporate jet. The second jet is a Bombardier Global Express valued at between $30 million and $50 million with a monthly lease payment estimated at $280,000.
A UPMC [...]

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