HIT: Siemens contract with Fla. hospital criticized

The Miami Herald writes in an editorial that a $70 million contract between Siemens Medical Systems and troubled Jackson Memorial Medical Center raises disturbing questions and the "appearance of conflict of interest." The paper questions the role in the deal played by Jackson Memorial CFO Frank Barrett and notes that the "lack of specificity in the numbers and of transparency preceding the selection of Siemens is worrisome."

- see this Op-Ed from the Miami Herald