Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records

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Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records

Unknown 5/28/2015 Komentar

EHR utopian dreams have taken some pronounced hits in recent years.In recent months, the hyper-enthusiasts and their government allies have had to eat significant dirt, and scale back their grandiose but risible - to...

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Lahey Health: hospital jobs lost, but computer vendors prosper

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Lahey Health: hospital jobs lost, but computer vendors prosper

Unknown 5/27/2015 Komentar

At numerous posts on this blog I link to stories of health IT expense putting hospital financial stability at risk, e.g., "Monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/06/monetary-losses-and-layoffs-from-ehr.html), ...

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Say It Ain't So: Logical Fallacies in Defense of Conflicts of Interest ... in the New England Journal of Medicine?

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Say It Ain't So: Logical Fallacies in Defense of Conflicts of Interest ... in the New England Journal of Medicine?

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IntroductionWe have been viewing with alarm the web of conflicts of interest draped over medicine and health care since we started Health Care Renewal.  We have been particularly concerned about how conflicts of interest...

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Why is the New England Journal of Medicine Scolding "Pharmascolds"?I, a normally quiet blogger on this site, was disquieted by what may be a backlash aimed at quashing the anti-conflict-of-interest...

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BLOGSCAN - New England Journal of Medicine Scoffs at "Pharmascolds"

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BLOGSCAN - New England Journal of Medicine Scoffs at "Pharmascolds"

Unknown 5/17/2015 Komentar

The venerable New England Journal of Medicine has now published an editorial,(1) and two commentaries(2-3), with one more promised, hailing physician industry "partnership," as per NEJM editor Jeffrey Drazen,(1) and deploring...

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Apologies to All - Sitemeter Forced Redirect Problem Now Fixed

Apologies to All - Sitemeter Forced Redirect Problem Now Fixed

Unknown 5/16/2015 Komentar

My apologies.  Starting yesterday I discovered that anyone attempting to view this blog was involuntarily transferred to a non-working URL, gogardenclub.com.  The problem seemed to result from the Site Meter widget,...

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All the President's Trade Negotiators - Revolving Doors, Regulatory Capture, and Health Care Corporate Friendly Trade Agreements

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All the President's Trade Negotiators - Revolving Doors, Regulatory Capture, and Health Care Corporate Friendly Trade Agreements

Unknown 5/14/2015 Komentar

This week's spectacle in Washington, DC was a nearly unanimous Democratic minority in the Senate blocking a proposal for expedited consideration of multinational trade agreements favored by the Republican majority, but also...

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