I posted a comment about this, but I think it's worthy of a post. I will summarize very briefly.
In 1973, David Rosenhan, a psychologist, published a study of mental institutions that basically went viral. In "On Being Sane in Insane Places" Rosenhan claimed to have sent 12 average people to voluntarily be assessed by different mental institutions. He catalogued the diagnoses they received and how long they spent institutionalized. This study was shocking in purporting to show how poorly diagnoses work and in exposing flaws in treatment. His claims, followed in 1975 by the famous movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest essentially killed off institutionalization in the United States and around the world. Those who supported chemically treatments, as opposed to psychotherapy and hospitalization, won a resounding victory, and that's the world we live in today.
The only problem is, Rosenhan's paper was a complete work of fiction, and he lied repeatedly about the experiment, about the results of the experiment, even about the people in the experiment. Rosenhan, himself was one of the participants, and the alleged experimental protocols that participants were supposed to follow simply did not exist. When experiences didn't match what he was looking for, he simply dismissed and ignored them, and made up 'alternative facts' instead.
Investigative reporter Susannah Calahan and history of psychiatry professor Andrew Scull have thoroughly destroyed Rosenhan's paper and results, and yet it is still the most formative and influential piece of work in the field in at least the last 75 years.
Andrew Scull's lengthy article. I highly recommend reading it all:
https://gwern.net/doc/psychiatry/schizophrenia/rosenhan/2023-scull.pdf
Archive: https://archive.is/fqt8z
This needs to be more widely known. Along with the perverted Kinsey (enough said) and the fraudster Ancel Keys, of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, whose work lead directly to the false belief that "all fat is bad" and who is personally responsible for the high-carb low-fat diet trends of the 1960s on that have killed hundreds of millions, it shows the power that corrupt, fraudulent, and narrative-driven activist scientists can have on reshaping society around us.
No, we should NOT "trust the science," and to say otherwise is distinctly anti-scientific.
What I'm seeing is schools buying hospitals because covid taught them they get the school grants, and the hospital grants. It backfired with John's Hopkins ( I'm semi local, but many loved ones used to go there for the specialists).
The specialists cut ties with John Hopkins. My family member that had been going there since being charted ( like house), and got their ailment under control suddenly had their specialists just under retirement age starting a new practice. Chats about this with friends had their lives ones having the same experience. It seems the doctors trained right weren't playing the games. Don't forget JH argued against the dumbassery for a brief time.
HIPAA is intentionally convoluted. People don't understand they shouldn't answer any questions at work because the wrong one opens them up to not being protected. I would argue Standards of Care being determined in the accounting department is the issue. However, I have allergies and family medical history that makes hospitals more likely to kill me if I'm not seen by a professional that listens while I'm also well enough to articulate.
The current hospital database will link a patient to anyone that matches the same heart signature. The medical professionals simply say they don't understand the computer science. Even while they can look at see the patient in front of them couldn't be the person the database has linked due to age and other demographics. I'm more informed with this than many due to the prementioned family medical history. This is seriously dangerous, bad software.
I didn't read these. The ones I read when they happened has nurses giving interviews saying they couldn't give patients the correct dose of meds. That's a math problem! Weight, half-life, etc. I prefer my doctor old where they look at their watches at tell me when the med is going to wear off.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/16/nx-s1-5004998/the-u-s-healthcare-industry-has-been-the-target-of-two-ransomware-attacks-this-year
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/tech/ransomware-attacks-hospitals-patients-danger/index.html