Nearly half of Massachusetts doctors in busy specialties received payments or meals from pharmaceutical makers, but the practice appears to have had little impact on their prescribing habits, according to a new analysis. Aaron Kesselheim (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
Dhruv Khullar (Mass General) writes about issues concerning discharging and readmitting patients. One-fifth of Medicare beneficiaries are re-admitted within 30 days of discharge, and one-third are re-admitted within 90 days.
A study determined first author’s gender for 3,758 articles published in six top medical journals between 1994 and 2014, finding that “female first authorship increased from 27 percent in 1994 to 37 percent in 2014.” Kathryn Rexrode (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
Ateev Mehrotra (HMS) led a study that suggests retail clinics do not trim medical spending but instead may drive it up modestly because they encourage people to use more medical services.
A controversial study has suggested that Alzheimer’s disease might be transferred from one person to another. Now scientists are racing to find out whether that is true. Brad Hyman (Mass General) is quoted.
Salmaan Keshavjee (HMS), Mercedes Becerra (HMS) and Sehamuddin Galadari (HMS) participated in an interview about the HMS Center for Global Health Delivery in Dubai. Site translation not available in all browsers.
Some scientists are starting to publish their discoveries directly to public websites called “preprints’’ to signify their early-stage status. Jeffry S. Flier (HMS dean) is mentioned.
