A Quiet Turn of the Revolving Door - Director of NIMH to Go Directly to Google Life Sciences

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A Quiet Turn of the Revolving Door - Director of NIMH to Go Directly to Google Life Sciences

Unknown 9/18/2015 Komentar

Amidst a lot of health care news, the job plans of Dr Thomas Insel, currently the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (part of the US National Institute of Health) made a very small splash.  The most...

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Politico 2015: EHR sellers using “gag clauses” (despite Koppel/Kreda's 2009 JAMA article on EHR nondisclosure clauses, and my 2009 JAMA Letter to the Editor on how these clauses violate Joint Commission safety standards)

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Politico 2015: EHR sellers using “gag clauses” (despite Koppel/Kreda's 2009 JAMA article on EHR nondisclosure clauses, and my 2009 JAMA Letter to the Editor on how these clauses violate Joint Commission safety standards)

Unknown 9/15/2015 Komentar

I have not blogged on EHR issues in some time, despite some interesting source material such as:"Evidence Summary: Electronic Health Records (EHRs)" at http://www.ohri.ca/kta/docs/KTA-EHR-Evidence-Review.pdf ; "Electronic...

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Pfizer's Latest International Pfiascos - Charges of Anti-Competitive Practices, Inflated Prices, Deception and Secrecy

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Pfizer's Latest International Pfiascos - Charges of Anti-Competitive Practices, Inflated Prices, Deception and Secrecy

Unknown 9/14/2015 Komentar

Many big health care organizations seem to just be unable to keep out of trouble, and the bigger they are, the more kinds of trouble.  Pfizer Inc, considered to be one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies,...

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Round and Round It Goes - Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Joins Humacyte Board

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Round and Round It Goes - Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Joins Humacyte Board

Unknown 9/04/2015 Komentar

The latest example of the health care revolving door was made barely public just before the US Labor Day holiday.  Per the Triangle Business Journal,Humacyte Inc., a biotechnology company based in Research Triangle...

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Northwestern Upholds its "Brand," Never Mind Free Speech and Academic Freedom

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Northwestern Upholds its "Brand," Never Mind Free Speech and Academic Freedom

Unknown 9/03/2015 Komentar

Threats to free speech and academic freedom in health care were a major concern when we started Health Care Renewal.  Such threats may now be less anechoic, but do not seem to have diminished.Censorship and the Resignation...

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