Michael Millenson and "the adamant refusal by hospitals and doctors to adopt electronic records no matter what the evidence"

Michael Millenson and "the adamant refusal by hospitals and doctors to adopt electronic records no matter what the evidence"

By Unknown at 6:27 PM

Over at Health Beat by Maggie Mahar appears a piece critical of NYT reporter Julie Creswell's Feb. 20, 2013 article " A Digital Sh...

JAMIA: Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems

JAMIA: Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems

By Unknown at 6:26 PM

A new article appeared online 20 February 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Associati...

Dr. Richard Cook on the Health IT Sector's Ills

Dr. Richard Cook on the Health IT Sector's Ills

By Unknown at 12:53 PM

This explanation of the health IT sector's ills comes from Dr. Richard Cook , a physician, educator, researcher, and patient safety expe...

Arguments with Pavlov's Dogs: Health IT Regulation Will "Harm Innovation"? How, exactly?

Arguments with Pavlov's Dogs: Health IT Regulation Will "Harm Innovation"? How, exactly?

By Unknown at 8:55 AM

Health IT hyper-enthusiasts, when faced with the prospect of government regulations, react like Pavlov's dogs with the response " ...

Hospital Retaliation Against Outspoken Physician Reaches New Levels - La Cosa Nostra Levels, That Is

Hospital Retaliation Against Outspoken Physician Reaches New Levels - La Cosa Nostra Levels, That Is

By Unknown at 6:27 AM

Physicians, take note: The Advisory Board Company Feb. 14, 2013   Hospital Framed Physician; Planted a Gun A jury has ordered a California h...

Peering Underneath the Iceberg's Water Level: AMNews on the New ECRI "Deep Dive" Study of Health IT "Events"

Peering Underneath the Iceberg's Water Level: AMNews on the New ECRI "Deep Dive" Study of Health IT "Events"

By Unknown at 6:15 AM

FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health director Jeffrey Shuren MD JD voiced the opinion a few years ago that what FDA knows a...

Another Reason for Hope? - Concern about Excessive Executive Pay in Health Care Goes Mainstream

Another Reason for Hope? - Concern about Excessive Executive Pay in Health Care Goes Mainstream

By Unknown at 9:35 AM

Another recent case suggested that the problem of excess, disproportionate compensation of health care executives is becoming more of a mai...

Reason for Hope? - Novartis Rescinds Vasella's Golden Parachute

Reason for Hope? - Novartis Rescinds Vasella's Golden Parachute

By Unknown at 11:48 AM

Enormous compensation of hired health care executives, out of all proportion, if related at all to whether their work had any positive effec...