“Practical, but nonetheless principled”? MacAngus and Kane

Slow progress--but progress nonetheless.

A Principled Argument, But Not a Practical One

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Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential

T he challenge of combating the current epidemic of disease mongering is daunting, and anyone looking for ready solutions should read no further. Those seeking a way forward fi nd themselves ranged against powerful economic, political, and professional interests. There is an apparently limitless amount of money to be made from marketing pharmaceutical remedies for diseases and even more from re...

Research Paper: Resistance Is Futile: But It Is Slowing the Pace of EHR Adoption Nonetheless

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to reassess the projected rate of Electronic Health Record (EHR) diffusion and examine how the federal government's efforts to promote the use of EHR technology have influenced physicians' willingness to adopt such systems. The study recreates and extends the analyses conducted by Ford et al. (1) The two periods examined come before and after the U.S. Fede...

Resistance Is Futile: But It Is Slowing the Pace of EHR Adoption Nonetheless

Design: Meta-analysis and bass modeling are used to compare EHR diffusion rates for two distinct periods of government activity. Very low levels of government activity to promote EHR diffusion marked the first period, before 2004. In 2004, the President of the United States called for a “Universal EHR Adoption” by 2014 (10 yrs), creating the major wave of activity and increased awareness of how...