Word: uhse
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THE NEWS TWO WEEKS AGO that University Health Services (UHS) had recently investigated its gynecologic practices for trouble was certainly shocking, but in all likelihood, few people were actually surprised.
Harvard has grown accustomed to hearing scattered rumors of UHS inadequacy over the years. For most people here, the news that last spring's investigation had all but dismissed the complaint that a UHS gynecologist had performed too many Caesarian sections was probably a much greater matter of concern. So...
"Statistics are the only thing that cut any ice" with UHS authorities. JCSW chairman Judith Herzfeld says. She and other members say they chose to pursue the complaint about obstetrics because other charges could too easily be dismissed as "attitudinal" conflicts or isolated difficulties.
UHS officials argue just that Nancy L. Ryan, former consumer advocate for UHS says most of the complaints she handled during her tenure stemmed from women's desire for more choice in delivery methods. Since the only option currently available is the "fairly traditional" approach of the two UHS-employed...
"System wide. I don't think there is any major complaint about our service," says Dr. Warren E C. Wacker, director of UHS Wacker says he believes the statistics in the complaint, though correct in themselves, constitute a "statistical aberration" because they refer only to a five-month period: in...