Why do doctors keep performing ineffective procedures?
What the response to the ORBITA trial reveals about inertia in clinical practice, from Shannon Brownlee.
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What the response to the ORBITA trial reveals about inertia in clinical practice, from Shannon Brownlee.
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Are the US News and World Report “Best Hospital” rankings based on evidence, or are they more of a beauty contest?
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Hospitals have traditionally decided their own community benefit, but now community members are pushing back.
Read More The Pittsburgh health system giant is putting profits over patients with their proposed expansion, say Shannon Brownlee and Vikas Saini.
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What factors are behind our country’s maternal health crisis, and what can we do about it? Lessons from the 2018 Lown Conference panel on maternity care.
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Two reactions to Victor Montori’s “Why We Revolt,” from Lown VP Shannon Brownlee and Right Care Alliance member Mary Mack
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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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