Despite Recalls, Legal Settlements and Guilty Pleas - A $143.5 Million (or Perhaps $197 Million) Golden Parachute for the Former Drug Representative Who Is Now CEO of Johnson and Johnson

After 30 separate product recalls since 2009, and multiple legal settlements and guilty pleas, we noted that the former pharmaceutical representative who is now the CEO of Johnson and Johnson will be retiring.  The $143.5 Million (or Perhaps $197 Million) Golden ParachuteThe Wall Street Journal just reported his retirement will come with an immense golden parachute:Johnson & Johnson Chairman and Chief Executive William Weldon stands to collect...

EHRs and test ordering: Health Affairs authors reply to ONC

At my March 9, 2012 post "Increased Lab Ordering with EHR's?" I refuted ONC's response to a Harvard-based research study "Giving Office-Based Physicians Electronic Access To Patients’ Prior Imaging And Lab Results Did Not Deter Ordering Of Tests" that may contradict the notion that HIT reduces medical costs.Now the authors themselves have responded to ONC. There are many similar themes in their response. I've bolded them below:The Effect Of Physicians’...

Nancy Finn, author of "e-Patients Live Longer", openly calls for unethical medical experimentation without consent

My construct of the "Ddulite" orientation largely driving health IT is not merely a theoretical construct. Ddulites (derived from the term "Luddite" with first four characters reversed) are:Hyper-enthusiastic technophiles who either deliberately ignore or are blinded to technology's downsides, ethical issues, and repeated local and mass failures.Here is an example of this disposition on display:In a March 14, 2012 Pittsburgh Post Gazette article...

Ciri-Ciri Cowok Matre

Unik Informatika - Wanita mana yang tidak kebat-kebit hatinya ketikabertemu pria tampan dan simpatik? Tentunya, perhatian si dia bisa bikin hati berbunga-bunga. Namun, bagaimana jika di balik sikapnya yang memesona, dia malah sedang ‘menguras’ kantong Anda alias dia ini adalah Cowok Matre. Menurut Cherie Carter-Scott dalam bukunya 'If Love is a Game, These are the...

Logical Fallacies in Defense of the European Society of Cardiology's Lenient Approach to Conflicts of Interest

The European Society of Cardiology just published its recommendations for interactions between medical societies and industry.(1)   The report emphasized the supposed benefits of industry relationships and funding, and suggested few restrictions on current practices.  Like other defenses of leniency towards conflicts of interest, its arguments seemed to rest on a series of logical fallacies.   Wonderful "Innovations ... Through...

10 TIPS TO STAGE YOUR GAMES

Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week 2012 Top 10 Ideas  to Stage YOUR GamesThe Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is taking place between Monday June 25th to Friday June 29th 2012 and schools across Wales are being encouraged to register at www.schoolsportweek.org In 2011, 560 primary and secondary schools across Wales registered for NSSW which equated to approximately 170,000 pupils who were exposed to sport during the week.  This...