Marty Makary MD, MPH
@MartyMakary
@JohnsHopkins professor, @theNAMedicine member, @harvardchansph alum, author of 2 NYT bestselling books. Respect independent thinkers. Prefer data over dogma
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http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Spots-Medicine-Wrong-Health/dp/1639735313/ 26-09-2009 14:29:02
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Really enjoyed this fireside chat between Bari Weiss &Harvard’s Roland Fryer on academic peer-pressure to only publish research that supports establishment thinking. His story of staying scientifically objective (& suspension by Claudine Gay) is incredible youtu.be/IQ9tTottjB8?si…
After decades of insisting that every healthy adult >50 take a daily med (aspirin), new evidence suggests more harm than good. Another example of the bandwagon effect--a rec based on limited data that became dogma, now reversed. Great piece by John Mandrola, MD
sensible-med.com/p/should-i-cha…
Reporting incidental heart calcifications on CT scans that are not done to look at the heart is a great way to screen for atherosclerosis and even save lives. TY Pamela Johnson et al. for your work on this. I love common sense solutions in healthcare.
I recently read The Price We Pay by Marty Makary MD, MPH & An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Both highlighted fundamental issues in our healthcare system.
One issue—price transparency—is the focus of our latest publication in @JPRAS
jprasurg.com/article/S1748-…
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Performance of over 2,200 hospitals based on the new The Leapfrog Group billing quality measures added to the annual survey. revcycleintelligence.com/news/medical-b…