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

"Compensation Madness" - "Insiders Hijacking Established Institutions for their Personal Benefit"

As we learn more about the causes of the global financial melt-down, aka great recession, the lessons appear more applicable to health care....

"Compensation Madness" - "Insiders Hijacking Established Institutions for their Personal Benefit" 2015-05-17T19:34:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A University President on Commission

The Miami Herald reported on the latest thing in executive compensation for leaders of academia (and academic medicine): Florida State Un...

A University President on Commission 2015-05-14T21:34:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

What Happens When "We'll Manage it the Way We Damn Well Want"

Back in the early days of Health Care Renewal (2005, to be exact), we first wrote about some very strange actions by the management of Pho...

What Happens When "We'll Manage it the Way We Damn Well Want" 2015-05-14T20:09:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A $7.8 Million Golden Parachute for a Not-For-Profit Health Care System CEO Who "Didn't Leave Under Great Circumstances"

These sorts of hits just keep on coming.  This story comes from the Baltimore Sun. The Golden Parachute First, let us just review the f...

A $7.8 Million Golden Parachute for a Not-For-Profit Health Care System CEO Who "Didn't Leave Under Great Circumstances" 2015-05-11T01:05:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

NY Times Proclaims Anyone Can Run a Health Care Organization "with a Little Studying Up"

Last week, the NY Times published a somewhat breathless article on the wonderful opportunities available in health care management. Health ...

NY Times Proclaims Anyone Can Run a Health Care Organization "with a Little Studying Up" 2009-08-24T12:41:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A University Leader's Goal: "Taking New Biotechnology ... to Market?"

An article from the San Francisco Chronicle noted how the new Chancellor of the University of California - Davis (UC-Davis) , Linda Katehi,...

A University Leader's Goal: "Taking New Biotechnology ... to Market?" 2009-08-17T11:53:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Harvard Cut Money for Primary Care "Step-Child"

This story, about cuts in the funding for Harvard Medical School's minimal program in primary care, has received little attention in the...

Harvard Cut Money for Primary Care "Step-Child" 2009-08-05T08:27:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A Blogger That Dares Not Speak His University's Name

Dr Douglas Bremner is a Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at Emory University, and Director of the University's Clinical Neuroscien...

A Blogger That Dares Not Speak His University's Name 2009-07-03T12:26:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Bio-Tech U

The San Francisco Chronicle just reported that a new Chancellor has been nominated for the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF)....

Bio-Tech U 2009-05-04T11:14:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Color of Money: What Sort of School Doesn't Pay Its Faculty to Teach?

A letter to the NY Times by Dr Daniel Becker in response to the recent controversy at Harvard Medical School over financial relationships am...

The Color of Money: What Sort of School Doesn't Pay Its Faculty to Teach? 2009-03-09T13:52:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

We're Only In It for the Money: the Disproportionate Funding of University Administrators by Academic Medicine

We have previously discussed how academic medical leadership seems to care more about how much money their faculty bring in than their clin...

We're Only In It for the Money: the Disproportionate Funding of University Administrators by Academic Medicine 2009-03-01T12:02:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown