Outliers; Asides & insides.(blog postings against Essent Healthcare Inc.)(MedAssets CEO John Bardis named leader of the U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling team)(Meriter Hospital commercial claiming to have the best newborn intensive-care unit )

Modern Healthcare, January, 2008

Blogger wins right to keep on criticizing Essent-anonymously

A blogger who has targeted Essent Healthcare and one of its hospitals for ridicule can remain anonymous, a Texas appeals court judge has ruled, unless the Nashville-based company can prove the postings have damaged the company.

The blogger, who uses the pen name Frank Pasquale on his Web site, the-paris-site.blogspot.com, has been on Essent's case for more than two years. His posts are a mix of insider reports about Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center-especially complaints about management decisions-and news reports about other Essent hospitals and its corporate actions.

The blog's home page warns Paris Regional employees not to log onto the site from work, after the blogger...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works.