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Howard Markel,
This past fall, I walked to my campus office filled with excitement and anticipation. September is, after all, the time of the year when college towns… More
Donald M. Berwick,
Dave Durenberger,
Jonathan Cohn,
Gail R. Wilensky,
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
Catherine D. DeAngelis,
Sara Rosenbaum,
Lawrence O. Gostin,
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Jacqueline M. Torres, Kathryn G. Kietzman, Steven P. Wallace,
Context: Paid caregivers of low-income older adults navigate their role at what Hochschild calls the “market frontier”: the fuzzy line between the… More
Carolyn L. Treasure, Jerry Avorn, Aaron S. Kesselheim,
Context: The high cost of new prescription drugs and other medical products is a growing health policy issue. Many of the most transformative drugs… More
Michael Shwartz, Joseph D. Restuccia, Amy K. Rosen,
Context: Since the Institute of Medicine’s 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm, there has been a rapid proliferation of quality measures used in… More
Charitini Stavropoulou, Carole Doherty, Paul Tosey,
Context: Incident-reporting systems (IRSs) are used to gather information about patient safety incidents. Despite the financial burden they imply,… More
John N. Lavis, Peter Tugwell,
David (Dave) Sackett’s death in May 2015 prompted much public reflection about his legacy for the practice of medicine, yet his legacy extends well… More
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