Parsing eCW ’ s $155M payment to the government

UPDATE:  Here are the public records for the case.  More details there about the original complaint.  Excerpt: @eClinicalWorks to pay $155M fine: https://t.co/RngioK62SX But what’s it mean? Certification The purpose of any certification program is to create a method for the purchasers of a product to have confidence that the product safely and reliably does what it is supposed to do.  One example from USDA: Turning Point for Meat Inspection   In 1905, author Upton Sinclair published the novel titled The Jungle, taking aim at the poor working conditions in a Chicago meatpacking house. However, it was the filthy conditions, described in nauseating detail—and the threat they posed to meat consumers—that caused a public furor. Sinclair urged President Theodore Roosevelt to require federal inspectors in meat-packing houses.The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) became law on the same day in 1906. The Pure Food and Drug Act prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. The FMIA prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products for food, and ensured that meat and meat products were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. In this case, the government moved to protect the public because a subset of meat packers was putting profit above public health.  After The Jungle was published. public outcry caused the government...
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