Haiti Loses Its U.S. Lifeboat
This story was co-published with The Daily Beast.
The U.S. Navy's vast hospital ship, the Comfort, departed Haiti Wednesday and is due back to its home port of Baltimore this weekend. In the harbor off of Port-au-Prince, its gleaming white topsides accented with red crosses have been a conspicuous symbol of U.S. generosity since the country's devastating earthquake.
But for 11 days before it departed, as some hospitals on the ground in Haiti overflowed with patients, no inpatients with earthquake injuries were treated onboard. … more…
Read MoreTemp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses
This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 6, 2009.
Firms that supply temporary nurses to the nation's hospitals … more…
Feds May Tighten Rules on Omniscan, a GE MRI Drug
Dec. 2, 2009: This post has been corrected.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing further regulation of three drugs used … more…
Advisory Subcommittee to CDC Approves Ethics Guidance for Rationing Ventilators
Health officials have been tackling the difficult question of how to apportion mechanical ventilators in a severe influenza pandemic … more…
Your Chance to Weigh In on Ventilator Rationing for a Severe Flu Pandemic
On Monday, ordinary Americans get a rare opportunity to weigh in on a life-and-death issue: Who gets access to scarce, life-saving … more…
California Adopts Stricter Rules for Drug Abusers in the Health Industry
In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards (PDF) on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in … more…
Sheri Fink and the Ethics of Triage in Disasters
Today (Friday), ProPublica’s Dr. Sheri Fink will participate in a panel discussion sponsored by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative … more…
Drugmaker Paid Psychiatrist Nearly $500,000 to Promote Antipsychotic, Despite Doubts About Research
This story was co-published with the Chicago Tribune.
Executives inside pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca faced a high-stakes … more…
Dr. Reinstein: One Psychiatrist, Many Prescriptions
No psychiatrist in Illinois – or Texas, Florida and California, for that matter – has come close to Dr. Michael Reinstein in … more…
In Chicago’s Nursing Homes, a Psychiatrist Delivers High-Risk Meds, Cut-Rate Care
This story was co-published with the Chicago Tribune.
Inside Chicago's Maxwell Manor nursing home, Dr. Michael Reinstein's patients … more…
Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle With Rationing Decisions
This story was co-published with the New York Times.
New York state health officials recently laid out this wrenching scenario for … more…
October 26, 2009
Health care waste reaches $800 billion a year Reuters, October 26, 2009
October 21, 2009
Sen. Grassley Warns HHS Web Site May Be ‘Propaganda’ John Stanton, Roll Call ($), October 21, 2009
October 15, 2009
CNN to Disclose Consultant’s Health Care Industry Ties Jason Linkins, Huff Post, October 15, 2009
October 14, 2009
For Insurers, a Question of Trust (and Antitrust) David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times, October 14, 2009
October 13, 2009
M.I.T. Economist Rebuts Insurance Industry Report David M. Herszenhorn and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, October 13, 2009
October 09, 2009
GOP Using Health Care Debate To Raise Money From Doct Rita Beamish and Alan Fram, Huff Post, October 09, 2009
October 08, 2009
Medicare’s Repo Men Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones, October 08, 2009
October 07, 2009
What would a Republican healthcare bill look like? Gail Russell Chaddock, CSM, October 07, 2009
SEC Probing Biggest Hospital Company Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, October 07, 2009
October 06, 2009
iPhone Health Care App Uses CRP Data, Plays Politics Lindsay Renick Mayer, Open Secrets, October 06, 2009
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