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Citational Racism: How Leading Medical Journals Reproduce Segregation in American Medical Knowledge

Bill of Health

One outcome of this work was the 2008 apology by Ronald Davis, the AMA’s immediate past president, for the AMA’s history of racial exclusion at the NMA’s annual meeting in Atlanta. We conducted a literature search in the SCOPUS database for articles labeled “editorials” in JAMA and JNMA since January 1, 2008. What we found.

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Systemic Failures Need Systemic Solutions: COVID-19 and Macromedical Regulation

Bill of Health

In Macromedical Regulation , 82 Ohio State Law Journal 727 (2021), we address the nation’s systemic failure to contain an infectious contagion, and we offer solutions by deriving lessons from the 2008 financial contagion. We also do not presume that any smartly-designed regulatory regime can overcome the incompetence of its leaders.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

The selections feature topics ranging from a discussion of potential pathways to enable government patent use before nonpatent exclusivities expire, to an examination of medical oncologists who receive more than $100,000 annually from pharmaceutical companies, to an analysis of the launch prices of new drugs from 2008-2021. 2022 Jun 21.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: GTCR Invests in 7to7 Dental

McGuire Wood

7to7 Dental , founded in 2008 and based in San Antonio, is a dental service organization with nine locations in the San Antonio area. GTCR has announced a strategic investment in 7to7 Dental. GTCR , based in Chicago, pursues a wide range of investments in several industries, including healthcare.

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MetroHealth finds employee inappropriately accessed patient records for several years

Becker's Health IT

MetroHealth said it discovered that an employee was inappropriately accessing patient records since 2008, cleveland.com reported June 26.

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HHS OIG Release of New “General Compliance Program Guidance” Provides Valuable Insight on Prevention of Health Care Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

The Health Law Firm Blog

This is the first compliance program guidance the OIG has released since 2008. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released 91 pages of "General Compliance Program Guidance" (GCPG) on its website. The GCPG provides general compliance guidance, [.]

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Accenture Federal Services to Acquire Cognosante

HIT Consultant

– Founded in 2008 by Michele Kang, Cognosante has grown rapidly to become a trusted provider of innovative technology solutions with its federal government clients, including healthcare programs supporting veterans, active-duty military, patients, beneficiaries, providers, and payors.