Times: American boards are exceptional--and not necessarily in a good way

The recent New York Times   piece on the behavior of (mainly for-profit, but by extension...) US organizations' boards of directors, goe...

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Friday to Friday Beer Sale featuring Ducato

Healthy Spirits continues its Italian Beer Sale featuring Ducato. Starting tonight 03/27/15 until next Friday 04/03/15 we will have all Birr...

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New Arrivals from Knee Deep, Speakeasy, Buxton, Omnipollo, BFM, Evil Twin, Siren, Stone and more...

Oh yes! Beer is here. This just in at our Castro location. Quite a variety of flavors, too! Buxton and Omnipollo - Pom Peri Possa (Sour Cher...

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Opinion, CIO Magazine: "The medical profession needs to get over its fear of information technology"- their complaints bogus

There comes a time when the pundits defending the status quo in the healthcare information technology sector and health IT utopianism simply...

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Two New Independent Reports on the Death of Dan Markingson, But Now What Will Happen?

Years after his death, there is now a little more clarity about the clinical trial in which Dan Markingson was enrolled when he died.  Wheth...

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Friday to Friday Beer Sale with Panil

Healthy Spirits Beer Sale featuring Panil from Italy. Starting tonight 03/20/15 until next Friday 03/27/15 we will have all Panil Beer on s...

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New Arrivals from Lagunitas, Almanac, Deschutes, De Molen, Mikkeller, Logsdon and more...

Spring has sprung! Celebrate the Vernal Equinox with beer. Our new arrivals for our Castro Store is below. Lagunitas - Imperial Coffee Stout...

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A $6.6 Million CEO Dreams of a "Doctor-Less" Future

The CEO of giant hospital system UPMC, Mr Jeffrey Romoff, has been one of the best compensated CEOs of ostensibly non-profit hospital system...

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Same Old, Same Old - Johnson and Johnson Settles Charges it Concealed Adverse Effects of Risperdal, Vaginal Mesh Device, Pleads Guilty to Selling Adulterated Tylenol, Announces CEO Got 48% Raise to $25 Million

We have devoted a lot of bytes over the years to the stream of allegations and ethical questions about Johnson and Johnson , the giant pharm...

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Increasing Bad Press for Today's Healthcare Information Technology - Deserved and Overdue

Here are three candid, quite revealing articles about the distaste for today's health IT that appeared recently.  I will address each, T...

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An ironically titled session by ECRI Institute: "Would You Bet Your Mother's Life on the Safety of Your EHR?"

An ironically titled session by ECRI Institute "Would You Bet Your Mother's Life on the Safety of Your EHR?" is being held at...

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Health Care Run by Those "Who See the Practice of Medicine as a Set of Economic Transactions," or as a "Moral Endeavor?"

Calls are getting louder for restoring medicine and health care as a calling that puts patients first, versus a business that puts money fir...

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Clement's 2nd Anniversary, 3/21/15

Please join us for a day of beer, bourbon and discounts at our Clement location. Its hard to believe that its been two years since we opened...

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Friday to Friday Beer Sale with To ØL

Healthy Spirits Beer Sale featuring To ØL from Copenhagen, Denmark. Starting tonight 03/06/15 until next Friday 03/13/15 we will have all To...

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New Arrivals from Off Color, Mikkeller, Shady Oaks, Grimm and more...

New beers and old favorites arrived today. Here's a partial list of new arrivals from the Castro Store. Off Color - Dino Smores (Russian...

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