Stay calm and update priors as warranted
Austin Frakt May 25, 2015
I want to flag something meta about my Upshot post today, in which I describe a study that suggests hospital productivity has increased in recent
I want to flag something meta about my Upshot post today, in which I describe a study that suggests hospital productivity has increased in recent
David Sackett passed away recently. We don’t usually do obituaries here, but this one seems appropriate. This is Healthcare Triage News. This was adapted from
I’m giving him full credit right up there in the title. Twice in the last two weeks I was all riled up and feeling the
Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a withering report on how Medicare sets the fee schedule for paying physicians. The American Medical Association/Specialty Society
I recommend Lisa Rosenbaum’s three-part NEJM series on financial conflicts of interest (links: part 1, part 2, and part 3). Though it is thought provoking throughout, this single sentence
How do we engage in debate to advance science and avoid the tendency to perpetuate the biases of our upbringing and community? I explore that
In advance of legislative consideration of hospital DSH payments, Wisconsin’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau wrote: Some economists have disputed the claim that low reimbursement rates paid
To improve the quality of care we need accountability, and one way to get it is documenting what clinicians do. This stuff matters: Checklists have saved
Below is a video of me, Adrianna, and Nicholas trying to convince an audience of (mostly) researchers at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2015, The New York Times Company). In [a recent] article, I reviewed the evidence behind coffee consumption and health in
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2015, The New York Times Company). I answer readers’ questions about this article in a follow-up here. When I was