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.
Episodes
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Mar 28, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Steven Schroeder on smoking-cessation efforts in the United States.
Dr. Steven Schroeder is a professor of health and health care and the director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.C. Fiore, E. Goplerud, and S.A. Schroeder. The Joint Commission's New Tobacco-Cessation Measures - Will Hospitals Do the Right Thing? N Engl J Med 2012;366:1172-4.
Mar 21, 2012 • 16min
NEJM Interview: Gail Wilensky on possible directions for bipartisan Medicare reform.
Gail Wilensky is an economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G.R. Wilensky. Directions for Bipartisan Medicare Reform. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1071-3.
Mar 7, 2012 • 18min
NEJM Interview: Sharon-Lise Normand on medical device approval and postmarketing surveillance.
Sharon-Lise Normand is a professor of health care policy and biostatistics at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. F.S. Resnic and S.-L.T. Normand. Postmarketing Surveillance of Medical Devices - Filling in the Gaps. N Engl J Med 2012;366:875-7.
Feb 29, 2012 • 22min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Barry on patient-centered care and shared decision making.
Dr. Michael Barry is president of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making and medical director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.J. Barry and S. Edgman-Levitan. Shared Decision Making - The Pinnacle of Patient-Centered Care. N Engl J Med 2012;366:780-1.
Feb 22, 2012 • 23min
NEJM Interview: Alan Weil on the states' role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Alan Weil is the executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy in Washington, DC. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Weil. The Value of Federalism in Defining Essential Health Benefits. N Engl J Med 2012;366:679-81.
Feb 15, 2012 • 22min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Truog on issues in medical ethics and the physician-patient relationship.
Dr. Robert Truog is a professor of medical ethics, anesthesiology, and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a senior associate in critical care medicine at Children's Hospital Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.D. Truog. 200th Anniversary Article: Patients and Doctors - The Evolution of a Relationship. N Engl J Med 2012;366:581-5.
Feb 1, 2012 • 18min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Pieter Cohen on the regulation of dietary supplements.
Dr. Pieter Cohen is a primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.A. Cohen. Assessing Supplement Safety - The FDA's Controversial Proposal. N Engl J Med 2012;366:389-91.
Jan 25, 2012 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Michael Chernew on the Medicare's physician-payment system and the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
Michael Chernew is a professor of health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Alhassani, A. Chandra, and M.E. Chernew. The Sources of the SGR "Hole". N Engl J Med 2012;366:289-91.
Jan 18, 2012 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Cynthia Jackevicius on generic drugs and health care costs.
Cynthia Jackevicius is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.A. Jackevicius et al. Generic Atorvastatin and Health Care Costs. N Engl J Med 2012;366:201-4.
Jan 11, 2012 • 19min
NEJM Interview: I. Glenn Cohen on the constitutional challenge of the Affordable Care Act that will heard by the United States Supreme Court in March.
I. Glenn Cohen is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, both at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. I.G. Cohen and J.F. Blumstein. The Constitutionality of the ACA's Medicaid-Expansion Mandate. N Engl J Med 2012;366:103-4.
