Prominent child psychiatrist suspends relationship with drug makers

RSS

Boston Globe, December 31, 2008

Dr. Joseph Biederman, a prominent child psychiatrist whose relationship with drug makers is under scrutiny, will temporarily suspend his ties to the pharmaceutical industry under an agreement reached with his employer, Massachusetts General Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said that Biederman, who specializes in diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder, has withdrawn from running several industry-funded clinical trials, and that another physician will assume oversight of the research.

Full Story

The pain of wrong site surgery

When the president of the Joint Commission, the Chicago-based group that accredits the nation's hospitals, unveiled mandatory rules to prevent operations on the wrong patient or body part, he did not mince...

Anti-death-penalty group files complaint against GA execution doctor

Thursday's scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing a Savannah woman in 1978 could be derailed with a complaint filed Monday by a group opposed to the death penalty against a physician whose...

CMS’ Final HAC Rule Baffles Hospitals

Hospitals are struggling to understand The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule on Medicaid payment adjustments for healthcare-associated conditions, says the American Hospital Association.

go to complete list