Ho-hum, Another Month, Another Set of Multi-Million Dollar Settlements by Health Care Corporations Acting Badly

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Ho-hum, Another Month, Another Set of Multi-Million Dollar Settlements by Health Care Corporations Acting Badly

Unknown 2/21/2016 Komentar

Amazingly, with a US presidential election looming, there is finally some public discussion here of the impunity of top corporate executives.  Columnist Gretcher Moregenson wrote on February 6, 2016 in the New York...

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Academic Medical Leaders as Directors of For-Profit Health Care Corporations: the Prevalence of This "New Species" of Conflict of Interest Documented in the BMJ

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Academic Medical Leaders as Directors of For-Profit Health Care Corporations: the Prevalence of This "New Species" of Conflict of Interest Documented in the BMJ

Unknown 10/01/2015 Komentar

The important conflicts of interest generated when academic health care leaders also serve on the boards of directors of for-profit health care corporations is suddenly less anechoic, thanks to some intrepid researchers...

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How Institutional Conflicts of Interest Exacerbate the Anechoic Effect - the Example of ASCO Fearing "Biting the Hand that Feeds You"

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How Institutional Conflicts of Interest Exacerbate the Anechoic Effect - the Example of ASCO Fearing "Biting the Hand that Feeds You"

Unknown 6/27/2015 Komentar

As we recently discussed (here, here, here and here), in May, 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine, arguably the world's foremost medical journal, published an editorial and a three-part commentary arguing that current...

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More Barbarians at the Gates: Private Equity Puts Primary Care in Play

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More Barbarians at the Gates: Private Equity Puts Primary Care in Play

Unknown 4/26/2015 Komentar

There are still some idealistic physicians who enter primary care practice as a calling.The usual informal definition of primary care is care which is continuous, coordinated, comprehensive and compassionate.  The official...

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"God Damn the Pusher Man" - Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door

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"God Damn the Pusher Man" - Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door

Unknown 4/13/2015 Komentar

Who is watching the watchers?  A story this week involving "speed" like drugs added to "dietary supplements" suggests how far the once respected US Food and Drug Administration has fallen.An Amphetamine-Like Drug Spiking...

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