When an investigative journalist calls
At Evidence Live this year, the focus of the conference was on communication of evidence - both academically, and to the public. And part of that is the role that investigative journalism has to play in that.
At the BMJ we’ve used investigative journalistic techniques to try and expose wrong doing on the part of government and industry - always... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
When an investigative journalist calls
At Evidence Live this year, the focus of the conference was on communication of evidence - both academically, and to the public. And part of that is the role that investigative journalism has to play in that.
At the BMJ we’ve used investigative journalistic techniques to try and expose wrong doing on the part of government and industry - always in collaboration with clinicians and researchers.To explain a bit more about the world of journalism and campaigning, we're joined by to Shelley Jofre - from the BBC, Jet Schouten - from Radar, Kath Sansom - who started the online sling the mesh campaign& Deb Cohen, former inves...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
When an investigative journalist calls
At Evidence Live this year, the focus of the conference was on communication of evidence - both academically, and to the public. And part of that is the role that investigative journalism has to play in that.
At the BMJ we’ve used investigative journalistic techniques to try and expose wrong doing on the part of government and industry - always in collaboration with clinicians and researchers.
To explain a bit more about the world of journalism and campaigning, we're joined by to Shelley Jofre - from the BBC, Jet Schouten - from Radar, Kath Sansom - who started the online sling the mesh campaign & Deb Cohen, forme...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Darknet Opioids
When tackling societal problems - like the opioid epidemic in the US - there are two ways of approaching it. One is to reduce demand - by organising treatment programmes, or reducing the underlying reasons why people may become addicted in the first place - but that ’s hard. So governments often turn to the other route - reducing supply - and that’s what the US government did in 2014 when it rescheduled oxycodone combination products from schedule 3 to schedual 2 - essentially making it harder for people to obtain a prescription.
Now reducing that legal supply, without in hand reducing the demand, led to fears that ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Darknet Opioids
When tackling societal problems - like the opioid epidemic in the US - there are two ways of approaching it. One is to reduce demand - by organising treatment programmes, or reducing the underlying reasons why people may become addicted in the first place - but that’s hard. So governments often turn to the other route - reducing supply - and that’s what the US government did in 2014 when it rescheduled oxycodone combination products from schedule 3 to schedual 2 - essentially making it harder for people to obtain a prescription.
Now reducing that legal supply, without in hand reducing the demand, led to fears that t...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Role of Government in Health Care Political climate raises questions on health care as a right
Robert Uzzo, MD Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the Role of Government in Health Care Political climate raises questions on health care as a right at Kidney Cancer Association 2017 in Miami.
Author: kidneycancer
Added: 04/03/2018 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - April 3, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Selling off NHS silver?
Should we welcome plans to sell off NHS land?
The government seems likely to back the recommendations of Robert Naylor (national adviser on NHS property and estates) to raise capital by selling off inefficiently used assets, but Kailash Chand (GP) worries that services could be threatened and that public consultation is lacking.
Read the He ad... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Selling off NHS silver?
Should we welcome plans to sell off NHS land?
The government seems likely to back the recommendations of Robert Naylor (national adviser on NHS property and estates) to raise capital by selling off inefficiently used assets, but Kailash Chand (GP) worries that services could be threatened and that public consultation is lacking.Read the Head To Head article: https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4290 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Selling off NHS silver?
Should we welcome plans to sell off NHS land?
The government seems likely to back the recommendations of Robert Naylor (national adviser on NHS property and estates) to raise capital by selling off inefficiently used assets, but Kailash Chand (GP) worries that services could be threatened and that public consultation is lacking.
Read the Head To Head article: https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4290 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Should We Pay Organ Donor Heroes?
Altruistic organ donors incur many legitimate costs, such as days lost from work and travel, hotel, and dining expenses, yet they aren ' t compensated. Should the government pay for their expenses? (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - August 28, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Should We Pay Organ Donor Heroes?
Altruistic organ donors incur many legitimate costs, such as days lost from work and travel, hotel, and dining expenses, yet they aren ' t compensated. Should the government pay for their expenses? (Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Nephrology Podcast - August 28, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Cancer Drugs Not Working Hard Enough for the Money
Dr Peter Bach attributes the high cost of cancer drugs to the pharmaceutical industry ' s ' government-granted monopoly pricing power, ' saying that benefit to patients is not commensurate with price. (Source: Medscape Oncology)
Source: Medscape Oncology - July 10, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Government and evidence
We're creating a manifesto for better evidence. The centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, and the BMJ, are asking what are the problem with medical evidence, and how can we fix them?
In this third discussion we went to Scotland, to find out what the people who create policy think about the issues with evidence synthesis,... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
