September 18, 2017

My contacts at Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities confirm that the “personal cell phone number” they were given to reach Governor Scott directly in advance of the Storm was never answered. One nursing director called the number fifty times as the Storm approached and never received a call back. Remember that the government has sovereign immunity limits […]

August 24, 2017

The widespread use of electronic health records, administrative claims, and social media and the ubiquity of smart devices have created “big data” that heretofore have not been widely utilized. There is substantial enthusiasm for the use of real-world data sources to generate so-called real-world evidence (RWE), but confusion remains about what RWE means. What is […]

August 17, 2017

Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.