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A Plague of Bureaucrats - Now 10 Per Physician in US Health Care

Posted by | 2:15 PM
There seems to be a reasonable argument that the US health care system is more dependent on the private sector, and in particular the for-pr...

Guest Post: Incompetent Management Breeds Demoralized Physicians

Posted by | 12:39 PM
Health Care Renewal presents a guest post by Dr Howard Brody, John P McGovern Centennial Chair of Family Medicine, Director of the Institu...

To all physicians: Fools hiring amateurs, to control you and land you in court?

Posted by | 5:36 AM
Health IT systems will be/are used to control you - a medical professional - in your treatment of patients, and could land you in court if...

Semi-Retirement of a Salesman - Weldon to Retire as Johnson and Johnson CEO

Posted by | 12:47 PM
The extremely well compensated CEO and Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, the huge and recently hugely troubled US based pharmaceutical and de...

Generic Leadership Fine for EHR Implementation in High Acuity, High Risk Areas Such as an Emergency Department?

Posted by | 7:09 AM
At my Feb. 16, 2012 post " Hospitals and Doctors Use Health IT at Their Own Risk - Even if 'Certified' " I established tha...

Just Business - Employee Control Fraud, Gresham's Dynamic, and the Race to the Bottom in Health Care

Posted by | 11:00 AM
Since Enthoven called for the break up of the physicians' "guild," and handing over its supposed power to managers, (see post ...

"Conspiracy Theory" Proven - Taking UCSF Private

Posted by | 8:49 PM
Students and faculty at the University of California have come up with a vivid, and prescient example of how the hired executives and bureau...

Hospital Executives - What Will They Think of Next?

Posted by | 2:25 PM
Health care organizations are now most often run by people with management, not clinical backgrounds.  It seems like business schools have t...