CME and Pharma: Doctors Want Support That They Can’t Trust

“Doctors want CMEs paid for them but can’t trust the people they want to help pay for their continuing medical education.” That’s how I sum up the below survey published by Archives of Internal Medicine. Look at what the conclusion said: “Although the medical professionals responding to this survey were concerned about bias introduced from [...]

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Human Resources Management Roles

Dear NakedMedicine readers: we have a special guest author writing about HR management in healthcare. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Brandon Clark! Human Resources Management Roles Brandon Clark February 21, 2011 Human Resources Management Roles             Human resources departments play a vital role in the health care industry, by understanding the delivery of [...]

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Will Technology Replace Pharmacists?

Maybe it can. But there are aspects of healthcare that can never be automated. Yes, I worked in healthcare and consulted for one of the stakeholders, and I have seen the benefits of automation – reducing human errors, improving delivery efficiency. But healthcare is a human profession, dealing with human beings and usually human beings [...]

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Would You Cancel a Surgery if Your Surgeon is Getting a Kick-Back?

The specific question is about getting kickbacks as a surgeon using a medical device, and was originally asked on Quora. The explanation to the question (posted by the asker) said, “The department of justice has investigated conflicts of interest, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has published on the topic. To quote from the gazette: Payments [...]

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Is taurine in Red Bull harmful?

Question on Quora asks about taurine: “It’s the ingredient in Red Bull. I’m aware that each Red Bull contains the amount of caffeine a cup of coffee would have but what about the taurine ingredient?” According to a pubmed citation – this one specifically examines the effects of energy drinks containing Taurine and other additives [...]

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