Considering the devastating and deadly opioid problems in this country, this news release from DOJ describes particularly despicable behavior from an EHR vendor and pharmas.
These problems are likely more widespread, but this EHR company got caught.
The company admitted that it
solicited and received kickbacks from a major opioid company in exchange
for utilizing its EHR software to
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2019: Political Corruption in the US Worsens, and Results are Largely Anechoic
Transparency International has just released its 2019 version of the Corruption Perceptions Index. This version emphasized public sector corruption. Once again, it appears the US has a worsening corruption problem. Once again, the results are largely anechoic.
Summary of the 2019 CPI
Methods
Per the TI summary
The CPI scores 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of
Friday, January 10, 2020
Who Owns, and Who is Accountable for the New US For-Profit Medical Schools?
Mysteries still abound in the not so wonderful world of health care dysfunction, so once again, quick, the game's afoot...
The current mysteries involve beneficial ownership. Beneficial ownership
questions are important to anti-corruption campaigners. Beneficial
ownership simply refers to "anyone who enjoys the benefits of ownership
of a security or property, without being on the
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The Risks of Attending an Offshore Medical School: Students at Offshore Medical Schools Killed or Injured by Gas Explosions
US and Canadian medical education has a peculiar gray zone. A substantial proportion of US and at least some Canadian doctors have received their medical degrees from offshore medical schools. These are medical schools located in other countries, mainly the Caribbean, that exist only to train students for North American practice. They are often owned by for-profit US or Canadian based
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