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A man was admitted to a rehab facility. The grounds were beautiful, the ward was clean but the center lacked in appropriate nurse staffing. Have a listen and perhaps you will finally understand the urgency to create a law that provides a guarantee there will always be enough qualified nurses to care for their patients.

A man was admitted to a rehab facility. The grounds were beautiful, the ward was clean but the center lacked in appropriate nurse staffing. Have a listen and perhaps you will finally understand the urgency to create a law that provides a guarantee there will always be enough qualified nurses to care for their patients.

A man was admitted to a rehab facility. The grounds were beautiful, the ward was clean but the center lacked in appropriate nurse staffing. Have a listen and perhaps you will finally understand the urgency to create a law that provides a guarantee there will always be enough qualified nurses to care for their patients.

Novartis may have come up with a great new drug but there is another side to this story. The drug is not selling as well as Novartis had hoped. Find out more about the drug, how Novartis is pushing to sell it, and what happened to my patient when an internist prescribed Entresto without consulting the patient's cardiologist.

Novartis may have come up with a great new drug but there is another side to this story. The drug is not selling as well as Novartis had hoped. Find out more about the drug, how Novartis is pushing to sell it, and what happened to my patient when an internist prescribed Entresto without consulting the patient's cardiologist.

While Mark Zuckerberg vows to prevent fake news on Facebook it appears to me that he will help promote anyone's fake news if they pay for it. Is Mark Zuckerberg a hypocrite? Have a listen and you can decide.

While Mark Zuckerberg vows to prevent fake news on Facebook it appears to me that he will help promote anyone's fake news if they pay for it. Is Mark Zuckerberg a hypocrite? Have a listen and you can decide.

When a CEO complained about the service at their favorite restaurant they didn't see the analogy between poor staffing at a four-star eatery and their own hospital.

When a CEO complained about the service at their favorite restaurant they didn't see the analogy between poor staffing at a four-star eatery and their own hospital.

If you had surgery and was told you needed a stress test and other cardiac testing before your procedure you might wish to listen to this.

If you had surgery and was told you needed a stress test and other cardiac testing before your procedure you might wish to listen to this.

Have a listen to the Triple P Equation – Pharma, Physician, and Prostitution = Sales! Pharm Wants to Sell a Drug + Doctor wants to make$$$ 1. Pharma tells Doctor Joe that if he prescribes a drug he can give a PAID talk for them. 2. Pharma pays a company like IMS to report back to them how many prescriptions Dr. Joe writes for that drug. 3. Dr. Joe is aware that if he does not prescribe the drug he won’t get that $4,000 “reward” for an hour dinner talk. 4. Dr. Joe writes a lot of prescriptions for that drug! 5. Dr. Joe gives 20 dinner talks earns $80,000 for Twenty hours of work.

Have a listen to the Triple P Equation – Pharma, Physician, and Prostitution = Sales! Pharm Wants to Sell a Drug + Doctor wants to make$$$ 1. Pharma tells Doctor Joe that if he prescribes a drug he can give a PAID talk for them. 2. Pharma pays a company like IMS to report back to them how many prescriptions Dr. Joe writes for that drug. 3. Dr. Joe is aware that if he does not prescribe the drug he won’t get that $4,000 “reward” for an hour dinner talk. 4. Dr. Joe writes a lot of prescriptions for that drug! 5. Dr. Joe gives 20 dinner talks earns $80,000 for Twenty hours of work.

Featuring real stories and my suggestions on how to fix this mess.

Featuring real stories and my suggestions on how to fix this mess.