Restoring the lost art of healing
In The New York Times, Dr. Rich Joseph recounts how taking care of Dr. Bernard Lown not only showed him how much we have left to fix in health care, but inspired him to be part of the change to fix it.
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In The New York Times, Dr. Rich Joseph recounts how taking care of Dr. Bernard Lown not only showed him how much we have left to fix in health care, but inspired him to be part of the change to fix it.
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Waste in health care is just business as usual, says Lown President Vikas Saini in latest edition of ProPublica series.
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Even the seemingly pure realm of scientific research isn’t immune from bias and financial incentives.
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A BMJ profile by Jeanne Lenzer traces Saini’s path from political protester to cardiologist to health care activist.
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Lown Institute vice president Shannon Brownlee was featured in a lively debate on health care reform last week. Find out what happened at the event!
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How broken is our health care system? Lown vice president Shannon Brownlee and other experts will debate whether our health care system is salvagable or beyond repair, in an upcoming live event!
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Lown Institute President Vikas Saini and Vice President Shannon Brownlee reviewed these health care best-sellers – find out what they thought!
Read More Read the description of Lown President Vikas Saini’s keynote at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference.
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By Jen Christensen CNN November 14, 2016 (CNN) – Many rules regulate the way pharmaceutical companies tell you, doctors and insurance companies about their products. Drug and medical device makers, insurance companies, lawyers and patients packed a room for two full days of public hearings at the Food and Drug Administration’s campus in Silver Spring, […]
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by Vikas Saini STAT October 17, 2016 (STAT) – Ten years ago, a woman with a heart murmur who experienced a bout of dizziness saw me for a second opinion. Another cardiologist had told her she needed open heart surgery to replace a valve in her heart. The idea of surgery terrified her, in part because […]
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