As I wrote at " Report of an AMIA special task force on challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT ...
High Heels, Short Skirts, and Recruiting Bone Marrow Donors
Once again, you just can't make this stuff up. Here is the New York Times description of new state of the art in recruiting donors for...
BLOGSCAN - Medtronic's Multi-Million Dollar Payments to Spine Surgeons
Starting in 2007, we discussed the huge payments made by four medical device companies to orthopedic surgeons and medical organizations rela...
Meaningful Use and the Devil in the Details: A Reader's View
A reader, Dr. Scott Monteith, a psychiatrist, shared his thoughts on government-mandated 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Medical Reco...
"Drug companies are now No. 1 When it Comes to Defrauding the Government"
A new report from Public Citizen, as summarized by National Public Radio: Drug companies are now No. 1 when it comes to defrauding the gov...
Elan, Eisai Settle for Related Reasons
The parade of legal settlements of bad behavior by major health care organizations marches on. The latest to shuffle by are Elan Corp, base...
Why I Shouldn't Read Non-Systematic Review Articles: Special Pleadings and Undercover Authors
I usually resist looking at non-systematic review articles in medical journals, but because the title interested me, and things seem to be g...