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Category Archives: Harvard
The best hospitals in the country are losing money. Why?
August 12, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD In the course of working on a medical book for the patient population, I just discovered this 2017 Forbes article that explains
Posted in - Policy, Cleveland Clinic, CMS, Columbia, Congress, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, UCLA, Univ Miami, Z Medical centers
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Atul Gawande’s surgical checklist fails in real world study
March 15, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD In 2009, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH and his large international team published in the New England
Posted in - Policy, General surgery, Harvard
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital engages in bizarre PR campaign for daily aspirin
April 21, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, part of the Harvard University network of hospitals,
Posted in - Policy, Cardiology, Harvard, Neurology, Oncology
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Don Berwick, MD: Waste in the American Healthcare System
Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage
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Celiac disease is not reduced by breast feeding or delaying the introduction of gluten
October 19, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Alessio Fasano, MD of Harvard discusses his 10-year-long study in children testing whether the
Don Berwick, MD: State health insurance exchanges
April 4, 2012
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Don Berwick, MD: Changing from fee-for-service to bundled payments in Medicare and Medicaid
April 4, 2012
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Don Berwick, MD: National Coverage Decisions
December 1, 2013- National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) are used by CMS to set guidelines as to
Posted in CMS, Harvard
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Pembrolizumab as Second-Line Therapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
February 27, 2017- interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, the Director of the Bladder Cancer Center at Dana-Farber,
Is Vitamin-D deficiency overdiagnosed?
November 8, 2016- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham
Posted in - NEJM, - Policy, CDC, Diabetes and endocrinology, FDA, Harvard, Primary care medicine
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The Gluten Crazies are out of control and affecting menus in restaurants
April 26, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD I was eating at a French restaurant recently, and the waiter asked me if I had any allergies, such as “gluten”.
Posted in - Opinion, Gastroenterology and liver, Harvard, Pediatrics
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Hormone replacement therapy is safe and effective after all
November 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH about her JAMA paper that followed the cohorts in
Letter to the Dean of Harvard medical school about conflicts of interest
Jeffrey Flier, MD, Dean, Harvard School of Medicine
Posted in - Opinion, - Policy, Harvard
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A second blow to Atul Gawande (and Obamacare)
December 15, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon working at one of the Harvard affiliated hospitals, wrote an influential essay in the
Preventing HIV infection
July 28, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Rajesh Tim Gandhi, MD of the Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the NEJM review paper he co-wrote
Eluxadoline (Viberzi) to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
January 20, 2016- Produced, Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Anthony Lembo, MD of The Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital to discuss his
Posted in - NEJM, - Pharma, Gastroenterology and liver, Harvard
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A proposal to make the Social History more robust and proactive
October 2, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Joseph Rhatigan, MD of Harvard Medical School published a paper in the NEJM proposing
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Has the ACA law begun to reduce the uninsured, and at what cost?
July 27, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Ben Sommers, MD PhD, from the Harvard School of Public Health has a new article in the NEJM
Posted in CMS, Congress, Harvard
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