Category: Journal of the American Medical Assn.
Imaging devices makers respond to concerns that the increasing rate of medical imaging usage could contribute to increased cancer risk.
A handful of recent warnings about radiation exposure during medical imaging has device makers eager to distance themselves from the potential cancer risk.
Catalyzed by a study finding in recent years a "boom" in the use of medical imaging, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance issued a rejoinder arguing that use has begun to decline and that device makers are actively innovating systems that lower the radiation dose.
Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Dr. Donald Berwick designs a 6-step program to cut wasteful medical costs in the U.S., where health care spending accounts for 17% of the gross domestic product and may rise to 20% in the near future.
Public health pioneer and onetime Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Dr. Donald Berwick unveiled a 6-step plan to cut waste in U.S. health care spending.
The U.S. spends 17% of its gross domestic product on health care services, a figure that he estimates may reach 20% soon, and Berwick worries that as much as ⅓ of that may be driven by waste.
By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC
This week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a lengthy conflict of interest correction by Eugene Braunwald, editor of one of our iconic textbooks of cardiology and author of over 1000 peer-reviewed cardiovascular publications:
Can medical journals keep pace with today's on-demand digital technology?
By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC
This morning in the Chicago Tribune's business section appeared an article entitled "Just What the Doctor Ordered" that included an interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner, the new editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He plans to pursue a strategy of "intelligent innovation" for the journal:
How will medical groups and insurers react to the recent JAMA study showing that a significant percentage of electively implanted angioplasty devices may be overused?
By Merrill Goozner
Another day, another study showing that invasive cardiologists overuse angioplasty and insert unneeded stents in patients without acute symptoms of coronary artery disease.
The latest study, which appeared in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, deemed 15 percent of the 600,000 angioplasties done every year are either inappropriate or their necessity is uncertain.
