Competing interests in healthcare: a conflict of quality. Part II: regulations, transparency, and policy implications.
This research explores the association of physician conflicts of interest with quality of care. Specifically, we discuss the role of some government regulations as policy alternatives. The need for further regulation has become more apparent as improprieties in the healthcare industry have come to light. The dominating theme in current and proposed legislation, as well as institutional policies, is the idea of ensuring that conflicts of interest are transparent, thereby increasing the likelihood that appropriate relationships will be maintained between healthcare providers and industry representatives. Much of the difficulty that organizations are going to have in implementing effective policies is the resistance that will be initiated by physicians. In order to decrease the frequency of negative effects from conflicts of interest, we suggest that each organization establish a committee to create and oversee strict policies governing expectations regarding conflicts of interest.
Graduate School of Management, College of Business, Marshall University, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. kellyfiack@yahoo.com
Kelly
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Fiack
Kenneth
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Knapp
Doohee
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Lee
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence