tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post114357999176840354..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: An Economist Puts Down a Physician's Cri du CouerRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1144091636199895722006-04-03T15:13:00.000-04:002006-04-03T15:13:00.000-04:00Suppose a physician for a long time prescribed a l...Suppose a physician for a long time prescribed a lot of "MiracleStatin" made by XYZ Big Pharma. Then XYZ Pharma appointed the physician to its speaker's bureau, and paid him $10 K a year to give talks on MiracleStatin, of which he had long been a fan. Would you then say he had no conflict of interest?<BR/><BR/>One can never prove that a conflict of interest influenced an individual's behavior Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1144090848523333162006-04-03T15:00:00.000-04:002006-04-03T15:00:00.000-04:00I'm the last person in the world to excuse conflic...I'm the last person in the world to excuse conflicts of interest and failure to disclose them, but I don't think Reinhardt's ties to industry are driving his opinions. Just the reverse. If you look at his work over the last three decades, it's pretty obvious he's been a believer in reining in medicine for a lot longer than his tenure on a couple of hospital and managed care boards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com