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Although medication overload is particularly prevalent in older adults, younger people are not immune to harm from overprescribing, particularly when it comes to drugs for psychiatric conditions. Here is one person’s story of harm from the psychiatric drug prescribing cascade.
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Should patients be on the hook for ambulance rides for non-emergencies? It’s not that simple, write Dr. Surafel Tsega and Dr. Harry Cho in JAMA.
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Can we trust drug companies to monitor and regulate the safety of their own products?
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Why decision aids aren’t affecting patients’ decisions about prostate cancer screening…
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How health care institutions can address social determinants of health, beyond just screening and referral.
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It’s not the hospitals you might expect…
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A recent CBS “Whistleblower” segment misses the big picture on midwives and maternity care.
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The latest commentary in the Lown Institute and American Family Physician’s “Right Care” series features Dr. Andy Lazris and Dr. Alan Roth on the pros and cons of lung cancer screening.
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What happens when one low-value test leads to a “cascade” of expensive and harmful procedures?
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Why measuring the outcomes of deprescribing is key for culture change, from family physician Maisha Draves at Kaiser Permanente.
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