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NewsPatients not taking medications cost $300B
Depending on which company you listen to, lack of prescription medication adherence costs between $250 billion and $300 billion annually. Pharmacy companies Express Scripts and CVS Caremark each Read more...
Plagiarism: What will doctors who faked their pasts lie about in the future?
By now you've probably all heard about the plagiarism study that came out of Brigham and Women's Hospital this week. Like so many others, I was shocked and dismayed to hear the results of the Read more...
One in 20 applicants for Harvard Medical residencies plagiarized their personal essays
Five percent of personal essays in residency applications to a Harvard teaching hospital were plagiarized, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "I was dismayed by the Read more...
Are behind-the-scenes hospital documentaries unethical?
For four months, ABC News executive producer Terence Wrong and his crew followed doctors, nurses and patients at three Boston hospitals--Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Womens Hospital Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: DOJ investigating Partners HealthCare System for potential antitrust violations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a civil investigation of Partners HealthCare System Inc., a regional hospital and physician network founded in 1994 by Boston-based Brigham and Women's Read more...
Physicians delay end-of-life talks to keep hope alive
Physicians tend to procrastinate on end-of-life talks with terminally ill patients, sometimes to the point where no other treatment options are available, a recent survey of doctors nationwide Read more...
Brigham and Women's plans to notify doctors on imaging histories
As the number of imaging scans has spiked in recent years, some doctors have become concerned about the volume of radiation some patients are receiving. Now, studies and anecdotal evidence are Read more...
Partners HealthCare chairman accused of conflict of interest
The chairman of Partners HealthCare, New England's largest healthcare organization, has been accused of conflicts of interest, not so surprising in corporate life, but still noteworthy given the Read more...
Brigham and Women's begins personalized medicine project
Brigham and Women's Hospital has become the latest to immerse itself in the business of conducting personalized genetic research on treatments for cancer, brain and heart disease. Working with GE Read more...
Brigham and Women's hit by $1.6M bias award
A female neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital has won a $1.6 million judgment in a sex discrimination suit against the facility. The suit, filed by Dr. Sagan Tuli, asserted that her boss, Dr. Read more...
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