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Tag Archives: conflict of interest

Recommended Reading: April 20-26

This Recommended Reading installment features new articles on conflicts of interest, transitions of care and patient autonomy: The American Medical Student Association has released its 2013 PharmFree Scorecard, which issues letter grades to medical schools based on their conflict of interest policies. A Community Catalyst blog post provides highlights from this year’s PharmFree Scorecard and [...]

Physician Skepticism About Industry-Funded Clinical Trials

In a recent New England Journal of Medicine article “A randomized study of how physicians interpret research funding disclosures” Dr. Kesselheim and colleagues found that internists harbor mistrust of industry-funded clinical trials. In his accompanying editorial, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen states that “how trials influence practice should be based on the quality of the information conveyed [...]

Thank You, Dr. Greenfield

Dear Dr. Shelly Greenfield and the Institute of Medicine’s Committee Members on Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines, Thank you for bestowing this gift to the health care industry: For the first time, we have universal standards for developing clinical practice guidelines and systematic reviews.