Don't Know Much About Health Care and Public Health, and Don't Care Much About Their Missions - but in Leadership Positions in US Government Health Agencies

Here we go again.  As we  We have frequently discussed how health care leadership is often ill-informed ( look here). 
More and more people leading non-profit, for-profit and government health care organizations have
had no training or experience in actually caring for patients, or in
biomedical, clinical or public health research.  Obviously health care and health policy decisions made by

Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles - Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump's Department of Health and Human Services

We continue to see a remarkable stream of people transiting the revolving door
from high-level positions in health care corporations to high-level positions in health care policy or regulation for the
Trump administration.  Lately, though, these transitions have not been without missteps. 





The most recent cases we have found, in the order of their public appearance, appear below.


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Don't Know Much About Health Care and Public Health... but Appointed to Leadership Positions in US Government Health Care Agencies

We have often cited bad leadership and governance of health care organizations as a major causes of health care dysfunction.  In particular, we have discussed how leadership is often ill-informed. 
More and more people leading non-profit, for-profit and government health care organizations have
had no training or experience in actually caring for patients, or in
biomedical, clinical or public