Bad Health IT -Yet Another Health IT 'Glitch' - Potential Image Loss in GE Centricity PACS; ECRI Again Reports Health IT a Top Ten Hospital Risk

Bad Health IT -Yet Another Health IT 'Glitch' - Potential Image Loss in GE Centricity PACS; ECRI Again Reports Health IT a Top Ten Hospital Risk

By Unknown at 3:43 PM

From my definition of bad health IT (BHIT) at this link : Bad Health IT ("BHIT") is defined as IT that is ill-suited to purpose, ...

"Phony Consulting and Royalty Agreements," "Chocolate" Bribes, a Sales Representative Doubling as a Stripper, Oh My - Three Settlements for Othrofix

"Phony Consulting and Royalty Agreements," "Chocolate" Bribes, a Sales Representative Doubling as a Stripper, Oh My - Three Settlements for Othrofix

By Unknown at 2:28 PM

On this US election day, we seem to be in a mini-squall of cases involving unethical, deceptive, and now very colorful marketing practices u...

DOES AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY MATTER?

DOES AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY MATTER?

By Unknown at 12:38 AM

DOES AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY MATTER? The blogmeister of 1boringoldman.com has done it again. A semi-retired psychiatrist in rural Georgia, he ha...

Just Another Day at the Office: Boehringer Ingelheim Settles Allegations of Deceptive Off-Label Marketing, Kickbacks

Just Another Day at the Office: Boehringer Ingelheim Settles Allegations of Deceptive Off-Label Marketing, Kickbacks

By Unknown at 9:35 AM

Legal settlements by pharmaceutical companies for less than $100 million now seem to barely rate as news in the US. The best report, albeit...

Marketers' Systemic Influence over Ostensibly Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Publications: the Medtronic Infuse BMP-2 Example

Marketers' Systemic Influence over Ostensibly Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Publications: the Medtronic Infuse BMP-2 Example

By Unknown at 1:32 PM

On the heels of our discussion of how one pharmaceutical company employed a "publications strategy" to commission and control ran...

Letter To U.S. Senators and Representatives Who've Sought HHS Input On EHR Problems

Letter To U.S. Senators and Representatives Who've Sought HHS Input On EHR Problems

By Unknown at 6:24 AM

Several members of Congress have written HHS demanding meetings on health IT issues such as upcoding, test overutilization, misuse of incent...

When Clinical Trials are Meant for Marketing, not Science

When Clinical Trials are Meant for Marketing, not Science

By Unknown at 5:25 PM

The development of the randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) was one of the major scientific advances in clinical medicine.  RCTs provi...