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A Hard Landing for Software
Massachusetts General Hospital is the anchor for the Mass General Brigham network, that was originally branded as Partners Healthcare. Layoffs were announced shortly before I was at MGH three weeks ago to have my afib corrected. The cuts are supposed to be in administration.
I wonder how much Mass General pays Epic Systems every year? The purchase price in 2015 was $1.2 billion, and that was just for the software. The University of Massachusetts Memorial System is in this list of the most expensive Epic installations.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/most-expensive-epic-ehrs-ranked.html
UMass is having its own financial difficulties, made worse by what the Trump administration is doing.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/12/umass-medical-school-hiring-spending-freeze
Was the cost/benefit of Epic Systems worth the $700 million that UMass paid?
Speaking of healthcare IT, the government’s relevant website showed a lot of activity leading up to January 20. Since then? Only one item, and that was two weeks ago.
Casting Off
Chromecast is working again for everything here except on the one device I care about, Chromecast Audio.
Update: Castaway! Chromecast Audio is working again. Yippee Yay.
On the Waterfront
Land Ho! That is if this bit of Cape Cod sand can be called land, given the inevitability of beach erosion.
https://www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2025-03-13/for-sale-beachfront-property-optimism-required