Medical whistle-blower protection lacking

Educating the Whistle - Blower

The Impact of Digital Government on Whistleblowing and Whistle-blower Protection: Explanatory Study

This paper focuses on the contribution of digital government (DGOV) to Whistleblowing (WB). While considerable efforts have been devoted to DGOV and WB separately, research work at the intersection of these two domains is very scarce; hence and a systematic DGOV for WB (DGOV4WB) research framework has yet to emerge. This paper aims to identify the potential issues in whistleblowing and explore ...

Electric Blower Based Portable Ventilator

When a patient is unable to breathe or maintain their airway they will most likely be ventilated by a bag-valve-mask. We propose to replace the traditional bag-valve-mask with an electric blower ventilator. This handheld feedback controlled device will automatically compensate for mask leak and enable the clinician to deliver computer controlled respiratory rates and tidal volumes. We have buil...

Fraud Detection, Conservatism and Political Economy of Whistle Blowing

This paper presents a discussion on whistle-blowing and take the view that whistle-blowing is an important fraud detection technique. A discussion of some factors that influence the whistle-blowers’ incentive to blow the whistle or to remain silent in the face of persuasive fraud red flags, is also presented. The paper suggests that the tradeoff between the cost and benefit of whistle-blowing m...

Blowing the Whistle

Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing may enforce trust and collusion by providing a tool for cartelists to punish each other. We examine the impact of leniency law, and other rules, theoret...