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Medicare can’t identify top prescribers of addictive drugs

By The Center for Public Integrity and Joe Eaton

Medicare doesn't know if all the prescriptions it is paying for are being written by real doctors, says a new inspector general's report....

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States see importation as solution to high drug costs

By Victoria Kreha

Spending on lobbying thrives

By M. Asif Ismail

A record year for the pharmaceutical lobby in '07

By M. Asif Ismail

Senator seeks deadline for Medicare to prevent prescription drug fraud

By Joe Eaton

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical

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As doctors shift to electronic health systems, signs of harm emerge

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Effort to track medical safety issues faces long road ahead

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

The story behind fatal care

By Bill Birnbauer

MELBOURNE, Australia, August 1, 2000 — Our high noon began on an ordinary morning at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. As the

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Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

Effort to track medical safety issues faces long road ahead

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

FDA considers regulating safety of electronic health systems

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

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Investigations Around the World

By Simona Raetz

Drug on wars makes pain killers unavailable for patients in developing countries; mining companies are big winners of Chilean tax system

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Medicare can’t identify top prescribers of addictive drugs

By The Center for Public Integrity and Joe Eaton

States see importation as solution to high drug costs

By Victoria Kreha

Drug industry influence timeline

By The Center for Public Integrity

Senator seeks deadline for Medicare to prevent prescription drug fraud

By Joe Eaton

Health information technology: Incentives may not always serve intended purpose

By Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard

Some payments may be going to doctors who have been using electronic health records for years

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Hospitals request government help in curbing possible billing abuses

By Fred Schulte

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Growth of electronic medical records eases path to inflated bills

By Fred Schulte

IMPACT: Administration official asks for Medicare billing review

By Fred Schulte

Government orders Columbia to tell patients 'true nature' of drug study

By Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee

Officials say research may have caused harm to people who had heart surgery

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Major gaps in oversight of human medical research

By Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee

FDA staff travels on drug industry dollars

By Alexander Cohen

Drug industry influence timeline

By The Center for Public Integrity

Most drug trial results analyzed by FDA hidden from view

By Naseem Miller

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Switch to electronic records getting mixed reviews at hospitals and clinics

By Fred Schulte

Scattered reports of software glitches that caused risk to patients

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As doctors shift to electronic health systems, signs of harm emerge

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

Stimulus fuels gold rush for electronic health systems

By Fred Schulte

Can Cleveland clinic be a model for digital medicine?

By Emma Schwartz

Hospital’s success with electronic records raises hope and caution

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Are new digital networks part of the cure?

By Emma Schwartz

Doctors skittish about health technology despite promise of big federal bucks

By Susan Jaffe

Will digital technology reduce gap in health between rich and poor?

By Emma Schwartz

Stimulus to push electronic health records could widen 'digital divide'

By Fred Schulte

FDA considers regulating safety of electronic health systems

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Reports of patient harm include six deaths in two years

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FDA asks hospitals to report safety glitches in digital health systems

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Amid digital records surge, a lack of policing by the FDA

By Emma Schwartz and Fred Schulte

FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

As doctors shift to electronic health systems, signs of harm emerge

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Experts: Safety oversight needed as patient records go digital

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

With digital transition approaching for many practices, safety and security issues continue to surface

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FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

As doctors shift to electronic health systems, signs of harm emerge

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

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