NEJM Interviews
NEJM Group
Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
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Oct 5, 2016 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Paul Ginsburg on what the 2016 election will mean for health care reform.
Dr. Paul Ginsburg is the Schaeffer Chair at the Brookings Institution and a professor of health policy at the University of Southern California. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander. From Obamacare to Hillarycare - Democrats’ Health Care Reform Agenda. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1309-11. G.R. Wilensky. What Would a Republican Win Mean for Health Policy? N Engl J Med 2016;375:1312-3. D. Blumenthal and J. Morone. Past as Prologue - Presidential Politics and Health Policy. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1314-6.
Sep 28, 2016 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on potential strategies for conducting clinical trials of Zika virus vaccines.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H.D. Marston and Others. Considerations for Developing a Zika Virus Vaccine. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1209-12. S.J. Thomas and Others. Fast-Track Zika Vaccine Development - Is It Possible? N Engl J Med 2016;375:1112-6.
Sep 21, 2016 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on the future of sharing clinical trial data.
Dr. Jeffrey Drazen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.L. Grossman and Others. Toward a Shared Vision for Cancer Genomic Data. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1109-12. B. Lo and D.L. DeMets. Incentives for Clinical Trialists to Share Data. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1112-5. F. Rockhold, P. Nisen, and A. Freeman. Data Sharing at a Crossroads. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1115-7. J.M. Drazen and Others. The Importance - and the Complexities - of Data Sharing. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1182-3.
Sep 14, 2016 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer on the evolving roles of physicians and nurses in the provision of primary care.
Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer is a professor of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is a founding director of the Center for Excellence in Primary Care. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Bodenheimer and L. Bauer. Rethinking the Primary Care Workforce - An Expanded Role for Nurses. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1015-7.
Sep 7, 2016 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Blumenthal on approaches to caring for the 5% of patients who account for 50% of annual health care spending.
Dr. David Blumenthal is president of the Commonwealth Fund. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Blumenthal and Others. Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients - An Urgent Priority. N Engl J Med 2016;375:909-11.
Aug 31, 2016 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Prof. R. Alta Charo on the implications of the Whole Woman’s Health case and likely future anti-abortion strategies.
R. Alta Charo is a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.A. Charo. Whole Women’s Victory - or Not? N Engl J Med 2016;375:809-11.
Aug 24, 2016 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Bohmer on the strategies of health care organizations that have successfully implemented continuous improvement.
Dr. Richard Bohmer is from the Nuffield Trust in London. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.M.J. Bohmer. The Hard Work of Health Care Transformation. N Engl J Med 2016;375:709-11.
Aug 17, 2016 • 8min
Dr. Christopher Dale on better ways of deploying quality metrics to improve the value of health care.
Christopher Dale is Medical Director of Quality and Value for Swedish Medical Group in Seattle. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.R. Dale, M. Myint, and A.L. Compton-Phillips. Counting Better — The Limits and Future of Quality-Based Compensation. N Engl J Med 2016;375:609-11.
Aug 10, 2016 • 8min
Dr. Scott Podolsky on the evolution of the essential methods of randomized, controlled trials.
Dr. Scott Podolsky is an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. L.E. Bothwell and S.H. Podolsky. History of Clinical Trials: The Emergence of the Randomized, Controlled Trial. N Engl J Med 2016;375:501-4.
Aug 3, 2016 • 14min
Dr. Harlan Krumholz on the movement toward broader, responsible, productive sharing of data from clinical trials.
Dr. Harlan Krumholz is a professor of medicine and epidemiology and public health at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H.M. Krumholz and J. Waldstreicher. The Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project — A Mechanism for Data Sharing. N Engl J Med 2016;375:403-5.
