Times: American boards are exceptional--and not necessarily in a good way

Times: American boards are exceptional--and not necessarily in a good way

Unknown 3/31/2015 Komentar

The recent New York Times piece on the behavior of (mainly for-profit, but by extension...) US organizations' boards of directors, goes some way toward explaining the anechoic effect.The redoubtable Gretchen Morgenson...

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Opinion, CIO Magazine: "The medical profession needs to get over its fear of information technology"- their complaints bogus

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Opinion, CIO Magazine: "The medical profession needs to get over its fear of information technology"- their complaints bogus

Unknown 3/28/2015 Komentar

There comes a time when the pundits defending the status quo in the healthcare information technology sector and health IT utopianism simply need to be thoroughly and definitively refuted.This is such a time.  CIO magazine...

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Two New Independent Reports on the Death of Dan Markingson, But Now What Will Happen?

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Two New Independent Reports on the Death of Dan Markingson, But Now What Will Happen?

Unknown 3/26/2015 Komentar

Years after his death, there is now a little more clarity about the clinical trial in which Dan Markingson was enrolled when he died.  Whether this clarity will have any impact remains to be seen.We most recently posted...

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A $6.6 Million CEO Dreams of a "Doctor-Less" Future

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A $6.6 Million CEO Dreams of a "Doctor-Less" Future

Unknown 3/21/2015 Komentar

The CEO of giant hospital system UPMC, Mr Jeffrey Romoff, has been one of the best compensated CEOs of ostensibly non-profit hospital systems.  As we noted here, his 2013-14 compensation was $6.6 million.  UPMC...

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Same Old, Same Old - Johnson and Johnson Settles Charges it Concealed Adverse Effects of Risperdal, Vaginal Mesh Device, Pleads Guilty to Selling Adulterated Tylenol, Announces CEO Got 48% Raise to $25 Million

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Same Old, Same Old - Johnson and Johnson Settles Charges it Concealed Adverse Effects of Risperdal, Vaginal Mesh Device, Pleads Guilty to Selling Adulterated Tylenol, Announces CEO Got 48% Raise to $25 Million

Unknown 3/19/2015 Komentar

We have devoted a lot of bytes over the years to the stream of allegations and ethical questions about Johnson and Johnson, the giant pharmaceutical/ biotechnology/ device company, and resulting legal actions.  Meanwhile,...

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Increasing Bad Press for Today's Healthcare Information Technology - Deserved and Overdue

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Increasing Bad Press for Today's Healthcare Information Technology - Deserved and Overdue

Unknown 3/17/2015 Komentar

Here are three candid, quite revealing articles about the distaste for today's health IT that appeared recently.  I will address each,The first seems like pure deja vu (see my June 4, 2009 post "If The Military Can't...

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An ironically titled session by ECRI Institute: "Would You Bet Your Mother's Life on the Safety of Your EHR?"

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An ironically titled session by ECRI Institute: "Would You Bet Your Mother's Life on the Safety of Your EHR?"

Unknown 3/17/2015 Komentar

An ironically titled session by ECRI Institute "Would You Bet Your Mother's Life on the Safety of Your EHR?" is being held at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting by Ronni Solomon, JD...

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Health Care Run by Those "Who See the Practice of Medicine as a Set of Economic Transactions," or as a "Moral Endeavor?"

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Health Care Run by Those "Who See the Practice of Medicine as a Set of Economic Transactions," or as a "Moral Endeavor?"

Unknown 3/10/2015 Komentar

Calls are getting louder for restoring medicine and health care as a calling that puts patients first, versus a business that puts money first.  For example, in the conclusion of her opening talk for the 2015 Lown Institute...

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A "PR Pawn" Confounds the Public Relations Burnishing of Texas Health Resources and its CEO

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A "PR Pawn" Confounds the Public Relations Burnishing of Texas Health Resources and its CEO

Unknown 3/06/2015 Komentar

The Ebola virus epidemic in Africa is hopefully winding down.  The uproar, if not panic, over Ebola virus in the US has been eclipsed by the latest  internet craze.  However, we are still learning from the...

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