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Clinical Software and Bad Decisions: The “Practice Fusion” Settlement and Its Implications

Posted on June 30, 2022November 17, 2022 by The JBI

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Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2.

Megan Prictor

Extract This article describes a recent United States (U.S.) government settlement with a company producing clinical decision support software (CDSS) for kickbacks the company received from a pharmaceutical company intended to drive up opioid prescribing. It reflects on the legal avenues pursued by the government in the matter and considers the implications of the case for regulation of clinical software design in the Australian healthcare context.

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