Academic research can be a solitary pursuit, cloistered in clinics and labs physically—and intellectually—distant from patients. But what if the patients themselves worked the science? Helped test the equipment and...
Hala Durrah's 11-year-old daughter has survived two liver transplants and a bout with lymphoma. Managing her medical affairs was all-consuming for Durrah, who, as a patient advocate at Anne Arundel...
Alex Djuricich, M.D., is associate dean for Continuing Medical Education & Med-Peds residency program director at Indiana University. In this conversation, he chats with Dennis Jolley from University of Utah...
Can you teach empathy? How much time should med students spend in the classroom vs. hands-on learning? Why does every med student fear the match? Second year Jefferson Medical College...
Patients must be involved in their own care to improve quality and control costs, but we need their voice in how we run our business. Their experience will drive how...
The idea of viewing population health through the lens of a hospital isn't accurate anymore. There are many resources to bear when you consider keeping populations healthy.
Michael Good, M.D., Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida, teaches students and providers to stay focused on patients. Change will work itself out.
Health care as an industry has found itself at a pivotal "moment of truth" and leaders in academic medicine must step up to the plate to help find solutions during...
When Vivian Lee needed to find innovative tactics for how to reduce costs in the health care system, she looked to an air bag manufacturing plant for inspiration.
What's a great way to capture the idealism of medical students? Hotspotting. Find out how students are helping the country's most at risk patients. An interview with Clese Erikson with...
President Obama's health care reform simply won't work, said Arnold Relman, M.D. , former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and professor emeritus of medicine and social medicine...
Imagine a health care system with zero falls, no medication errors and not a single death from a hospital-acquired infection. Upholding health care's "do no harm" oath isn't easy in...
