Posted by Admin | 1:48 PM

In Silver Blaze , Sherlock Holmes noted the important clue of the watchdog that did not bark.  In health care, nowadays watchdogs are absent...

Labels: intimidation, SUNY, SUNY - Upstate Medical University, whistle-blowers

Posted by Admin | 5:33 PM

When clinicians are told to promote a technology in no uncertain terms, that puts a chilling effect on critical thinking and discourse.  In ...

Labels: deception, EPIC, healthcare IT difficulties, healthcare IT exceptionalism, intimidation, marketing, sham peer review, University of Arizona Health Network

Posted by Admin | 8:00 AM

We have often discussed the anechoic effect , how cases involving or discussions of the topics we address on Health Care Renewal , the conce...

Labels: anechoic effect, direct to consumer advertising, intimidation, pharmaceuticals, SSRIs

Posted by Admin | 2:12 PM

Before it was abruptly ended by a sudden settlement for $158 million, the trial in Texas of a suit alleging unethical marketing of the drug ...

Labels: conflicts of interest, deception, evidence-based medicine, ghostwriting, intimidation, Johnson and Johnson, key opinion leaders, Risperdal, stealth marketing

Posted by Admin | 12:20 PM

The aggressive actions by University of California-Davis police against unarmed, peaceful student protesters turn out to be the latest illus...

Labels: academic freedom, executive compensation, free speech, intimidation, Linda Katehi, mission-hostile management, UC-Davis, You heard it here first