Posted by Admin | 11:54 AM

Yet another leader of a big health care organization seems to have acquired the excessively entitled CEO syndrome. Another Brilliant, Fearle...

Labels: conflicts of interest, executive compensation, public relations, SUNY, Upstate Medical University

Posted by Admin | 6:07 PM

I had guessed that this sort of thing was going on all the time, but being kept very well hidden.  Now we have some more evidence. An artic...

Labels: conflicts of interest, deception, health care corruption, manipulating clinical research, patient advocacy groups, PhRMA, public relations, suppression of medical research

Posted by Admin | 1:53 PM

A typical excuse for the multi-million dollar compensation now enjoyed by many leaders of health care organizations is these leaders' su...

Labels: EPIC, executive compensation, healthcare IT cost, healthcare IT difficulties, manager-kings, managers' coup d'etat, public relations, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University

Posted by Admin | 2:36 PM

The tragic case of the Boston Marathon bombing illustrates how myth making about tough law enforcement obscures the impunity enjoyed by top ...

Labels: impunity, legal settlements, public relations, US Department of Justice

Posted by Admin | 12:13 PM

This year we note the beginning of action against the power of large health care organizations lead by hired executives and cronies who seem...

Labels: executive compensation, hospital systems, logical fallacies, non-profit organizations, organized resistance, Providence Health Systems, public relations

Posted by Admin | 11:55 AM

There is another indication that push back against the power of large health care organizations is getting more significant. In February, 20...

Labels: concentration of power, logical fallacies, non-profit organizations, oligopoly, public relations, UPMC

Posted by Admin | 8:51 AM

A long time ago in the US, most people got care from physicians who were self-employed, or part of physician partnerships.  If they had to b...

Labels: broken promises, deception, HCA, hospital systems, mergers, mission-hostile management, public relations

Posted by Admin | 9:36 AM

Health care is drowning in a sea of hype and spin.  We have frequently posted about deceptive marketing used to sell drugs, devices, and h...

Labels: Cerberus, deception, marketing, public relations, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 9:36 AM

The use of advertising by Steward Health Care, currently a regional hospital system here in New England, continues to provide lessons about ...

Labels: Cerberus, corporate physician, deception, marketing, private equity, public relations, Steward Health Care