
Hospital - noun, 1. a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm or young 2. an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care, Merriam-Webster - noun.…
Hospital - noun, 1. a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm or young 2. an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care, Merriam-Webster - noun.…
Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama met "with eight business leaders to hunt for ideas to revive the economy," according to the Wall Street Journal. At the session, the President asked "wha…
Revised HHS Rules for Conflict of Interest Fall Short This morning NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins announced revisions to the existing 1995 regulations on objectivity in research that is funded by th…
Cases that demonstrate the contrast between compensation given to the hired executives of health care organizations and their or their organizations' performance continue to appear. Last week we disc…
We have frequently discussed the disconnect between incentives, particularly total compensation, given to the leaders of health care organizations and their roles, or lack thereof, in improving the he…
To err is human, and any group of humans can be expected to include those who stray. However, the constant spin that surrounds most top leaders of health care organizations seems to suggest that thes…
An article "Factors contributing to an increase in duplicate medication order errors after CPOE implementation" by Wetterneck et al. appeared recently in JAMIA (JAMIA doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000255…