January 30, 2008

THCB Reader

The Omnimedix Institute's JD Kleinke wrote in to comment on the thread triggered by last week's news on the dossia project, a story that came out when Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott revealed new details of the retail giant's plans to...
January 30, 2008 in Reader Mail | Permalink | Comments (1)

January 28, 2008

THCB Reader Mail (from Maggie Mahar & Jeff Goldsmith)

Frequent THCB contributor Maggie Mahar responds to Matthew's post last week on decision aids: "Too often, "patient satisfaction" is based on trivial things that have little or nothing to do with the quality of care. For example, a patient may...
January 28, 2008 in Reader Mail | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 03, 2008

THCB Reader Mail: Maggie Mahar on that checklist decision

Frequent THCB contributor Maggie Mahar did a little detective work on the Office of Human Research Protection's (OHRP) mysterious decision to suspend a trial designed to reduce medical errors by requiring that hospitals follow standardized safety and infection control procedures,...
January 3, 2008 in Maggie Mahar, Reader Mail | Permalink | Comments (0)

June 13, 2007

THCB Reader mail

The news that former Bush administration Health IT czar David Brailer will head a private equity fund backed by $700 million from the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPers) drew a cynical response from a number of readers. Vijay Goel...
June 13, 2007 in Reader Mail | Permalink | Comments (0)

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