"Dreaming On" - The Illusions of the Leaders of Large Health Organizations, as Illustrated by Medtronic's Founder

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"Dreaming On" - The Illusions of the Leaders of Large Health Organizations, as Illustrated by Medtronic's Founder

Unknown 11/13/2015 Komentar

On Health Care Renewal, we have posted story after story about amazingly well paid leaders of big organizations presiding over amazingly bad organizational behavior (including subversion of mission, conflicts of interest,...

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Three More Settlements by Medtronic of Allegations of Deceptive Behavior, but No Umpire Says "You're Out"

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Three More Settlements by Medtronic of Allegations of Deceptive Behavior, but No Umpire Says "You're Out"

Unknown 4/09/2015 Komentar

Medtronic, the giant, previously US based device maker settled three lawsuits, all alleging deceptive practices, over three months in early 2015.  I will summarize the settlements in chronological order.Medtronic Subsidiary...

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Turn, Turn, Turn - Another Health Care Revolving Door Update

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Turn, Turn, Turn - Another Health Care Revolving Door Update

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It has been a while since our last revolving door update, so it's time to take another spin.Summary of the Revolving Door Phenomenon Before we get to some cases, though, let me summarize an important article on the revolving...

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Outsize Compensation for "Teflon-Coated" Executives - After Many Lawsuits and Negative News Stories, Norton Healthcare Executives Still Get Millions

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Outsize Compensation for "Teflon-Coated" Executives - After Many Lawsuits and Negative News Stories, Norton Healthcare Executives Still Get Millions

Unknown 2/05/2015 Komentar

In an earlier era of chemistry, politicians who continued to acquire votes while shedding doubts, criticisms, and allegations were called "Teflon-coated."  Teflon may be outdated now, but there certainly seems to be...

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