Drug companies keep merging. Why that’s bad for consumers and innovation.
Over 30 years, dramatic consolidation has meant higher prices, fewer treatment options and less incentive to innovate. More
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Excited delirium: valid clinical diagnosis or medicalized racism? Organized medicine needs to take a stand
Medical organizations need to formally denounce the diagnostic validity and use of excited delirium to justify excessive police force. More
Doctor group advises shorter antibiotic course for common infections
The ACP guidelines apply to inpatients and outpatients who have uncomplicated infections. More
Lessons from Lown: How the Levine Chair changed heart attack treatment forever
In the early 1950s, Dr. Bernard Lown made what he called his greatest contribution to medicine, saving 100,000 lives each year and changing the standard of care for heart attack patients forever--simply by getting people out of bed and into a chair. How did this happen? Watch the video and read the blog below to hear the story in Dr. Lown's own words. More
Despite Covid, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal Bailout
Some of the nation’s richest hospitals and health systems recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting the lion’s share of the federal health care bailout grants, their records show. Those included the Mayo Clinic, Pittsburgh’s UPMC and NYU Langone Health. But poorer hospitals — many serving rural and minority populations — got a tinier slice of the pie and limped through the year with deficits, downgrades of their bond ratings and bleak fiscal futures. More
Opinion: The health-care industry doesn’t want to talk about this single word
I will no longer censor myself. More
Perceptions of Discrimination and Unfair Judgment While Seeking Health Care
Research shows that people are often discriminated against or treated unfairly in health care settings because of disabilities, gender identity or sexual orientation, and race or ethnicity. More
Assessment of Patient-Preferred Language to Achieve Goal-Aligned Deprescribing in Older Adults
This survey study examines older adults’ preferences regarding different rationales a clinician may use to explain why a patient should stop an unnecessary or potentially harmful medication. More
Why Long COVID Worries Me
Researchers and clinicians focused on long-haul COVID or postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection should remember our oath to first, do no harm. More
From trials to real world: Implementing deprescribing
Stopping harmful medications sounds simple, but it can be much harder in practice. How can we take what we've learned from deprescribing trials and scale them up? Dr. Justin Turner explains in a webinar hosted by the US Deprescribing Research Network. More
In memory of Bernard Lown
Dr. Bernard Lown was the best of his generation. Kind and wise. A listener, a thinker, a doer. A teacher and prodder. A challenger and inspirer. Impossible to equal. And impossible to ignore. More
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities. More
Racism in the USA: ensuring Asian American health equity
Racist anti-Asian incidents and rhetoric in the USA have been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, by some accounts increasing as much as 150%. More
One in 5 COVID-affected health workers weighs quitting: study
Childcare stressors, impact on careers, and more have affected healthcare workers. More
United States spent $162 million on remdesivir development but holds no patents, review finds
Members of Congress asked for a GAO review of taxpayer spending that went toward to Gilead's coronavirus drug. More
Medical Device Firm Payments To Physicians Exceed What Drug Companies Pay Physicians, Target Surgical Specialists
Many physicians receive payments from medical device companies that make products physicians can use or recommend. More
Getting Vaccinated While Black
Obtaining a COVID shot, like so many other aspects of American life, has emerged as a racial-justice issue—and a matter of life and death. More
‘Outrageous’: 46 Million Americans Say They Would Not Be Able to Afford Healthcare If They Needed It
Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute think tank, told The Guardian on Wednesday that "unfortunately, it's not surprising that millions of Americans can't afford healthcare." "It is, however, shocking and kind of outrageous," Saini added. "Our system has been structured for many years on the basis of private health plans and very deep dysfunction politically and within the medical industry. Americans have been facing this mammoth problem. It was there during, and looks like it's going to be after, the pandemic... Americans want, and need I'd say, a radically better healthcare system." More
In light of anti-Asian attacks, medicine needs to listen to Asian American trainees
As medical institutions grapple with racism, Asian American and Pacific Islander trainees should be included in reform efforts. More
Estimation and Comparison of Current and Future Racial/Ethnic Representation in the US Health Care Workforce
In this cross-sectional study of 2019 data from the American Community Survey and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Black, Hispanic, and Native American people were underrepresented in the 10 health care professions analyzed. Although the educational pipeline shows some limited improvement, underrepresentation of these groups persists. More