Comments for Sanjiv N. Singh http://www.sanjivnsingh.com Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on SNS PLC In The Press: Views On The Rajat Gupta Case by Sanjiv http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2011/11/sns-plc-in-the-press/#comment-2157 Sanjiv Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:34:57 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/?p=96#comment-2157 The case continues to progress in the U.S. Courts. I am not at liberty at this time to comment any further, but we of course appreciate the public's interest in the case as it is indeed an important case for U.S. based entrepreneurs doing business with government entities and in particular those who do business with India. The case continues to progress in the U.S. Courts. I am not at liberty at this time to comment any further, but we of course appreciate the public’s interest in the case as it is indeed an important case for U.S. based entrepreneurs doing business with government entities and in particular those who do business with India.

]]> Comment on SNS PLC In The Press: Views On The Rajat Gupta Case by Arjun http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2011/11/sns-plc-in-the-press/#comment-2150 Arjun Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:11:45 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/?p=96#comment-2150 The Farhang case is of great interest to us in India. TOI only recently started covering it. What is the status of that matter now? As lead counsel, are you at liberty to comment? The Farhang case is of great interest to us in India. TOI only recently started covering it. What is the status of that matter now? As lead counsel, are you at liberty to comment?

]]> Comment on Local Neighborhoods, Lone Gunmen, And Board Scores: Physician Empowerment In The Age of Accountability by V.Venkatesan http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2011/01/local-neighborhoods-lone-gunmen-and-board-scores-physician-empowerment-in-the-age-of-accountability/#comment-11 V.Venkatesan Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:30:53 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/?p=74#comment-11 As a patient I would like to know the Board scores of the doctors that I am vetting. Obviously I won't use that as the sole criterion for picking my doctor. I would check with his/her current patients, references within the medical community and any other information I can get. Right now we are flying by the seat of our pants in picking a doctor. We need all the information we can get including board scores, any malpractice suits, disciplinary actions etc. It is too important a decision to make without all available information. As a patient I would like to know the Board scores of the doctors that I am vetting. Obviously I won’t use that as the sole criterion for picking my doctor. I would check with his/her current patients, references within the medical community and any other information I can get. Right now we are flying by the seat of our pants in picking a doctor. We need all the information we can get including board scores, any malpractice suits, disciplinary actions etc. It is too important a decision to make without all available information.

]]> Comment on Local Neighborhoods, Lone Gunmen, And Board Scores: Physician Empowerment In The Age of Accountability by sanjiv http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2011/01/local-neighborhoods-lone-gunmen-and-board-scores-physician-empowerment-in-the-age-of-accountability/#comment-10 sanjiv Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:15:50 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/?p=74#comment-10 We received numerous e-mails in response to the post. The following quote is from an ABIM board member who e-mailed me in connection with the board score disclosure proposal: "No where near becoming ABIM policy....The default setting is to avoid this issue (too tough), and I'm guessing that is the wrong call. The Board has committed to a policy of increasing transparency when the science supports it. We'll see...The lawyers watch over this stuff very carefully -- for example, when the board required MOC, part of the rationale for grandfathering the older docs was that the lawyers told us that we had an implicit agreement with past diplomates that their boards were good for life. So any more to reveal more data, whether test scores or something else, would have to be handled very carefully." We received numerous e-mails in response to the post. The following quote is from an ABIM board member who e-mailed me in connection with the board score disclosure proposal:

“No where near becoming ABIM policy….The default setting is to avoid this issue (too tough), and I’m guessing that is the wrong call. The Board has committed to a policy of increasing transparency when the science supports it. We’ll see…The lawyers watch over this stuff very carefully — for example, when the board required MOC, part of the rationale for grandfathering the older docs was that the lawyers told us that we had an implicit agreement with past diplomates that their boards were good for life. So any more to reveal more data, whether test scores or something else, would have to be handled very carefully.”

]]> Comment on Wolf In A White Coat? by dr411 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2010/12/test-post-3/#comment-9 dr411 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:36:45 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com.php5-17.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/?p=49#comment-9 Good to see that someone from the younger generation of physicians will be blogging on important issues. Good to see that someone from the younger generation of physicians will be blogging on important issues.

]]> Comment on Local Neighborhoods, Lone Gunmen, And Board Scores: Physician Empowerment In The Age of Accountability by dr411 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/2011/01/local-neighborhoods-lone-gunmen-and-board-scores-physician-empowerment-in-the-age-of-accountability/#comment-8 dr411 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:31:00 +0000 http://www.sanjivnsingh.com/?p=74#comment-8 Thanks for the thoughtful post. I think that publishing board scores for patients to read can be a good thing. Patients have no sense of who is a ‘good doctor’ or not, and so are often stuck with a provider who doesn’t know the most up to date medicine. This is a quantifiable score that we can use to help get the best doctor for us. It makes sense doctors are scared of this, who would want to have a bad score published? But this is to help the patients not the doctors. Thanks for the thoughtful post. I think that publishing board scores for patients to read can be a good thing. Patients have no sense of who is a ‘good doctor’ or not, and so are often stuck with a provider who doesn’t know the most up to date medicine. This is a quantifiable score that we can use to help get the best doctor for us. It makes sense doctors are scared of this, who would want to have a bad score published? But this is to help the patients not the doctors.

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