A medical ethicist who studies and teaches the convergence of medicine and ethics remains somewhat puzzled about the alleged data tampering connected to Memorial Hermann’s Liver Transplant program.
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“That’s a wonderful question. And I think that’s why this case has captured the public imagination the way it has so far, because one can imagine, adapting or changing or manipulating the, lists, the data in order to make sure that your patients are more likely to get organs. But what happened in this case appears to be that, they the data was manipulated. The information in the system was manipulated in order to keep patients from getting much needed organs.
The complaint, now being investigated by the federal government’s Health and Human Services, has produced no clear-cut wrongdoing early in the investigation. Although Memorial Hermann has already noted “irregularities”. The primary employer of the Dr. Steve Bynon Jr., UT Health Sciences , offered support of the veteran doctor, Friday.
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