Global investigation puts medical devices in the spotlight
How many medical devices are ineffective, malfunction, or cause harm? Alarmingly, we don’t really know – but now it’s journalists to the rescue!
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How many medical devices are ineffective, malfunction, or cause harm? Alarmingly, we don’t really know – but now it’s journalists to the rescue!
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In a two-part blog series in Health Affairs, Lown Senior Vice President Shannon Brownlee and primary care doctors Andy Lazris and Alan Roth lay out the reasons behind these major issues and a blueprint to start fixing them.
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Some types of pulmonary emboli are more dangerous than others — how often are we diagnosing and treating insignificant PE?
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This new collaborative series between the Lown Institute and the Journal of the American Family Physician applies the framework of right care — evidence-based, patient-focused, high value care — to common clinical situations.
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In a Lown Institute talk, Dr. Joachim Sturmberg explains what makes family medicine complex.
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Several health news stories over the past few weeks point to a crisis in mental health care, marked by widespread overuse, underuse, and inequality.
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Where is the line between helpful diagnosis and medicalization? We identified some key features of diagnoses that appear to cause more harm than good.
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How is it that an EMR system created in 1979 still does not adjust for a time change that happens twice a year?
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Recent news stories have revealed blemishes in the field of dermatology, prompting frank discussions on social media about overuse, privatization, and conflicts of interest.
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An interview with Dr. Arun Gadre, leader of the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare, an Indian advocacy organization that fights health care corruption and privatization.
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