Medical devices maker Medtronic agrees to pay $23.5 million to settle kickback allegations
December 14, 2011
Associated Press, Medtronic Inc., the world’s largest maker of medical devices, has agreed to pay $23.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to implant its pacemakers
CT-DPH ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING
December 13, 2011
CT Department of Public Health LEGISLATIVE REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Adverse Event Reporting General Statutes of Connecticut Section 19a-127l-n QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE PROGRAM OCTOBER 2011 Jewel Mullen, MD,
Eye Surgery Centers In Waterford, Bridgeport Fined
December 13, 2011
NewHavenIndependent.org by Theresa Sullivan Barger | Dec 8, 2011 5:55 am Eye surgery facilities in Bridgeport and Waterford have been fined for performing surgery in the wrong eyes of patients,
10 States Spending The Most On Health Care: Report
December 9, 2011
The study, by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, tracked health care spending in all states from 1991 until 2009, by which time the average per-capita health care expenditure
‘Don’t Tell’ Culture a Plague on Health Care
December 7, 2011
‘Don’t Tell’ Culture a Plague on Health Care By Kevin Kavanagh Dec 5, 2011; Modified: 1:21pm on Dec 5, 2011 … But the most devastating effect of the lack of
31 Organizations Call for Safe Drug Manufacturing Reforms – Nov. 29 2011
December 2, 2011
CTCPS joins 30 other organizations in a call for Safe Drug Manufacturing Reforms Late yesterday, thirty advocacy organizations, representing seniors, labor, providers, patient safety advocates, cancer patients, and consumers joined
Patients Get More Unnecessary Scans from Doctors Who Own Equipment
December 1, 2011
More and more physicians are investing in their own imaging equipment. But when a doctor stands to make money on each MRI he or she orders, it doesn’t take a
T. Stewart Hamilton – read his story on our website
October 20, 2011
State Revokes Doctor's License, Imposes $50,000 Fine
September 21, 2011
State Revokes Doctor’s License, Imposes $50,000 Fine.
peer review/publishing/corrupted science
September 7, 2011
Peer review is the process that decides whether your work gets published in an academic journal. It doesn’t work very well any more, mainly as a result of the enormous number of papers that are being published (an estimated 1.3 million papers in 23,750 journals in 2006). There simply aren’t enough competent people to do the job. The overwhelming effect of the huge (and unpaid) effort that is put into reviewing papers is to maintain a status hierarchy of journals. Any paper, however bad, can now get published in a journal that claims to be peer-reviewed.
Peer review is the process that decides whether your work gets published in an academic journal. It doesn’t work very well any more, mainly as a result of the enormous number of papers that are being published (an estimated 1.3 million papers in 23,750 journals in 2006). There simply aren’t enough competent people to do the job. The overwhelming effect of the huge (and unpaid) effort that is put into reviewing papers is to maintain a status hierarchy of journals. Any paper, however bad, can now get published in a journal that claims to be peer-reviewed.