The Greedy Leading the Greedy - Multimillionaire Former Johnson and Johnson CEO Approved Huge Compensation for JP Morgan Chase CEO After Company Paid $20 Billion in Legal Settlements

JP Morgan Chase CEO Got Huge Raise Despite Company's Recent Huge Legal Settlements The current compensation set by the board of director...

Putting Finance Executives in Charge of Health Care? - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

A US News and World Report article affirms what we have previously written , that those charged with the stewardship of US hospitals are ev...

The CareFusion/ Denham/ NQF Case - the Plot Thickens

The story about CareFusion, its financial relationships with Dr Charles Denham, and his alleged role in promoting a CareFusion product throu...

Martin Health System, Florida: Our EHRs were out for two days, but patient care has not been compromised, sayeth Pinocchio

This is yet another post in my ever-growing "our EHRs went out due to IT incompetence, and chaos ensued, but patient care has not been ...

WINDY CITY BLUES

WINDY CITY BLUES There is an academic ethics mess brewing in the windy city… at The University of Chicago. It involves a start-up Chicago co...

Physician whose mother had heart surgery reflects on sane EHR use

The following from a physician I know, an ED physician, on the care their mother received at a major academic medical center's teaching ...

Putting in the Ski Lifts - National Quality Forum Leaders Improve Conflict of Interest Policies in Response to CareFusion Case

The complex case that came to light with reports of a legal settlement by CareFusion of allegations that it paid kickbacks to promote its Ch...

Our Man in the NQF? - CareFusion Settles Kickback Allegations for $40.1 Million and Government Alleges They Meant to Manipulate National Quality Forum Standards

What appeared to be yet another entry in the march of legal settlements turns out to be more interesting than it first appeared. The Basic ...

Five Years Into Compelled National Adoption of Electronic Medical Records, Which Were Advertised As Capable Of Only Good, ONC Issues Safety "Suggestions"

Ten years after creation of the ONC office, and almost five years into compelled national adoption of health IT under HITECH (financial pena...

Computers + a few docs can manage "an entire city", and other cybernetic miracles

The computing aboard the Apollo spacecraft, that provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the...

More Pharmaceutical Misadventures - Actelion Damages Upheld, Genzyme (Sanofi Subsidiary) Settled, Merck Fined

The march of legal settlements by large health care organizations goes on, albeit with ever more quiet footsteps as the number of journalis...