Genzyme's "Remarkable Business'Strategy" and Contaminated Drugs

In June, 2009, an article in the Boston Globe described how the Boston area based biotechnology company Genzyme sold some astonishlingly ex...

Genzyme's "Remarkable Business'Strategy" and Contaminated Drugs 2015-05-18T00:46:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

What is the "Worst Biotech CEO" Worth?

Recently, we posted about misadventures of the leadership of biotechnology giant Genzyme.  Although the company has long priced its drug Ce...

What is the "Worst Biotech CEO" Worth? 2015-05-18T00:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

ONC Defines a Taxonomy of Robust Healthcare IT Leadership

As in my post " More On Healthcare Management By Domain Neutral Generalists ", Roy Poses' post " Health Care Leaders: D...

ONC Defines a Taxonomy of Robust Healthcare IT Leadership 2015-05-15T04:20:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Electronic Medical Records and Going For Broke: Jackson Health System's Financial Future Appears Grim

I have written on numerous occasions that health IT in its present form, often poorly designed and implemented under current IT leadership...

Electronic Medical Records and Going For Broke: Jackson Health System's Financial Future Appears Grim 2015-05-14T21:07:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

UCI Medical Center Fails Inspection, UCI Executives Get Bonuses

Back in the early days of Health Care Renewal, we had many occasions to write about problems with the leadership of the University of Califo...

UCI Medical Center Fails Inspection, UCI Executives Get Bonuses 2015-05-14T20:35:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

More California Medical Centers Plagued by Quality Problems While Their Executives Get Bonuses for "Improved Patient Care"

Earlier this week, we noted that while executives at one University of California medical center were getting large bonuses supposedly for ...

More California Medical Centers Plagued by Quality Problems While Their Executives Get Bonuses for "Improved Patient Care" 2015-05-14T20:19:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Argument Over Insurance Rate Hikes: A Systemic Problem with Health Care Organizations' Leadership and Governance?

There has been a tremendous amount of news coverage of a large rate increase proposed by Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of WellPoint, in Ca...

The Argument Over Insurance Rate Hikes: A Systemic Problem with Health Care Organizations' Leadership and Governance? 2015-05-13T00:42:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Abbott's TriCor Fails To Beat A Sugar Pill in Diabetics - And In Pharma's Current Death Spiral, Forget About a Drug That Will

In numerous national publications today, we are once again reminded that lowering the risk of diabetics for vascular events (MI/heart attack...

Abbott's TriCor Fails To Beat A Sugar Pill in Diabetics - And In Pharma's Current Death Spiral, Forget About a Drug That Will 2015-05-12T23:36:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

WellPoint: Don't Know Much About Computer Programming; Aetna: Don't Know Much About Mathematics

Big US based health care insurance companies have not been covering themselves in glory in the last week. Aetna's Math Errors First,...

WellPoint: Don't Know Much About Computer Programming; Aetna: Don't Know Much About Mathematics 2015-05-07T21:20:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

$4 Billion Military EMR "AHLTA" to be Put Out of Its Misery? Also, Does the VA Have $150 Million to Burn on IT That Was Never Used?

I have heard from numerous reliable sources that the military's $4 billion+ EMR known as " Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Techno...

$4 Billion Military EMR "AHLTA" to be Put Out of Its Misery? Also, Does the VA Have $150 Million to Burn on IT That Was Never Used? 2015-05-07T20:43:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown