Can A Hospital Have "Trade Secrets?"

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Sun, 01/18/2009 - 23:14

This peculiar newspaper article caught my eye. It concerns a city at the other end of this state, Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

I have not seen this in the Philadelphia news. I predict it is a "local story only", and will probably remain so due to the anechoic effect.

I will "un-anechoicize" the story by posting it here.

It seems strange a medical center would claim "trade secrets." Is there a secret way...

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when we all know that they

Posted by bluecross quotes on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 15:51.

when we all know that they should follow a standard, a mission of providing quality health care and adherance to safe practices.

trade secrets

Posted by Kevin Cross on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 07:24.

It is interesting to know if medical centers and hospitals really do have trade secrets just like all businesses. What could that secret be? When we all know that they should follow a standard, a mission of providing quality health care and adherance to safe practices.

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