Donald Berwick’s conflicts of interest
—are numerous according to this report which concludes: If a Republican president nominated a managed care executive to run CMS and rammed him through in a recess appointment, allegations about conflicts of interests would abound. Berwick made millions working with for-profit firms that will make money off Obamacare. But because he believes in central planning [...]
ePrescribing: Assuming Like This Makes An Ass (And Maybe a Corpse) Out Of You And Me
No surprise here to anyone with engineering sense (e.g., in my case, arising from my decades of experience in amateur radio, operating many different brands and types of extremely complex radio equipment): American Medical News (American Medical Association)Upgrading e-prescribing system can bump up error risk Some of those risks can put patients in jeopardy in [...]
The new medical student syndrome
Happy writes: Most people think medical student syndrome is the sense of worst case scenario medical students often think about when they experience a symptom related to a disease they may have recently read about. If you’re a med student and you have medical student syndrome, every headache you have is a brain tumor, every [...]
Prescription for Disaster: Health Care in America
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Facebook – science meets social networking
In my recent look at Web 2.0 I noted that “Facebook is more for play than for work”. I underestimated it. Facebook has exploded in popularity since they removed the need to belong to a recognised school or university, and the addition of applications in May has given it an extra boost. BioMed Central has [...]
