Showing posts with label Veterans Affairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Veterans Affairs. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Another Revolving Door Variant: From Academia with Millions in Medtronic Royalties, to the White House, to the Health Care Service Corp

The revolving door spins, and where it will stop, nobody knows... In October, 2010, we noted questions about how Dr Stephen Ondra got to b...
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Thursday, May 7, 2015

A very short observation on EHRs and the Veterans Administration healthcare scandal

As has been in the news lately, it has been revealed that U.S. veterans' medical care was being delayed at a number of Veteran's Adm...
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"Texas VA Run Like a ‘Crime Syndicate,’ Whistleblower Says" - Can Reports About the Benefits of EHRs at the VA Healthcare System Be Trusted?

More and more is leaking out about alleged executive malfeasance at the Veteran's Administration healthcare system in the U.S. This ar...
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EHR Exceptionalism Debunked: Care Quality Variances Among VA Hospitals, Perhaps The Most Wired Hospitals in the World, Suggest the True Value of Information Technology in Healthcare Has Been Grossly Exaggerated

The Wall Street Journal somehow managed to get access to internal VA patient care quality data and published the following article: http:...
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Sham Peer Review Issue Goes Mainstream. WaPo: VA Physicians Fear Sham Peer Review

The paper's words this time, not mine: From the Washington Post, "VA docs concerned about retaliation", June 12, 2014, http:...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

What Does the Blumsohn - Procter and Gamble -Sheffield University Affair Say About the Fitness of the Latest VA Secretary Candidate?

Introduction - New Leadership for the US Department of Veterans Affairs After reports of problems with access, manipulation of data about ...
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