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NEJM Interviews

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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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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on potential strategies for conducting clinical trials of Zika virus vaccines. 28.09.2016

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on the future of sharing clinical trial data. 21.09.2016

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 Cro...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer on the evolving roles of physicians and nurses in the provision of primary care. 14.09.2016

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Blumenthal on approaches to caring for the 5% of patients who account for 50% of annual health care spending. 07.09.2016

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.

NEJM Interview: Prof. R. Alta Charo on the implications of the Whole Woman’s Health case and likely future anti-abortion strategies. 31.08.2016

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Bohmer on the strategies of health care organizations that have successfully implemented continuous improvement. 24.08.2016

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.

Dr. Christopher Dale on better ways of deploying quality metrics to improve the value of health care. 17.08.2016

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.

Dr. Scott Podolsky on the evolution of the essential methods of randomized, controlled trials. 10.08.2016

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.

Dr. Harlan Krumholz on the movement toward broader, responsible, productive sharing of data from clinical trials. 03.08.2016

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.

Dr. Alan D.T. Barrett on the current yellow fever epidemic and lessons about vaccine supply and global health. 27.07.2016

Dr. Alan D.T. Barrett is the director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development and professor in the Departments of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.D.T. Barrett. Yellow Fever in Angola and Beyond — The Problem of Vaccine Supply and Demand. N Engl J Med 2016;375:301...

Dr. Benjamin Sommers on the future cost of insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. 20.07.2016

Dr. Benjamin Sommers is an assistant professor of health policy and economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B.D. Sommers. Obamacare’s Skyrocketing Premiums? Why the Sky Isn’t Falling. N Engl J Med 2016;375:201-3.

Dr. Alisha Rankin on the clinical trials and drug approval processes of the 16th through 18th centuries. 13.07.2016

Dr. Alisha Rankin is an associate professor of history at Tufts University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Rankin and J. Rivest. History of Clinical Trials: Medicine, Monopoly, and the Premodern State — Early Clinical Trials. N Engl J Med 2016;375:106-9.

Dr. Eric Rubin on the current state of the Zika epidemic and directions for research and prevention. 06.07.2016

Dr. Eric Rubin is a professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an associate editor at the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Johansson and Others. Zika and the Risk of Microcephaly. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1-4.

Dr. José Jerónimo on approaches to reducing rates of cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries. 29.06.2016

Dr. José Jerónimo is senior advisor for women’s cancers with the Reproductive Health Program at PATH (formerly the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) in Seattle. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. V. Tsu and J. Jerónimo. Saving the World’s Women from Cervical Cancer. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2509-11.

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on evolving efforts to make clinical trials data accessible and useful for further research. 22.06.2016

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug. From Patient to Patient — Sharing the Data from Clinical Trials. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2409-11.

Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari on state bills that aim to reduce drug spending by requiring companies to disclose R&D costs. 15.06.2016

Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari is an epidemiologist in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Sarpatwari, J. Avorn, and A.S. Kesselheim. State Initiatives to Control Medication Costs — Can Transparency Legislation Help? N Engl J Med 2016;374:2301-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Perri Klass on the health effects of child poverty in the United States and the AAP’s new policy statement on screening. 08.06.2016

Dr. Perri Klass is a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P. Klass. Saving Tiny Tim - Pediatrics and Childhood Poverty in the United States. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2201-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Deborah Schrag on an experiment testing new ways of reimbursing physicians for drugs administered under Medicare Part B. 01.06.2016

Dr. Deborah Schrag is chief of the Division of Population Sciences at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Schrag. Reimbursing Wisely? CMS’s Trial of Medicare Part B Drug Payment Reform. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2101-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on a new article series, The Changing Face of Clinical Trials. 01.06.2016

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Woodcock and Others. Clinical Trials Series. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2167.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Alice Shaw on a new model for accelerating the development of promising oncology drugs. 25.05.2016

Dr. Alice Shaw is a thoracic oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.M. Prowell, M.R. Theoret, and R. Pazdur. Seamless Oncology-Drug Development. N Engl J Med 2016;374:2001-3.

NEJM Interview: Greg Simon on the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative and its goal of fueling cancer research in the United States. 18.05.2016

Greg Simon is executive director of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R. Lowy and F.S. Collins. Aiming High - Changing the Trajectory for Cancer. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1901-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lindsey Baden on the state of the Zika virus outbreak and the challenges involved in containing it. 11.05.2016

Dr. Lindsey Baden is director of clinical research in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug, M.P. Kieny, and B. Murgue. The Zika Challenge. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1801-3.

NEJM Interview: Robert Mechanic on what happens when patients are treated by multiple providers participating in different Medicare payment models. 04.05.2016

Robert Mechanic is a senior fellow at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.E. Mechanic. When New Medicare Payment Systems Collide. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1706-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Mello on legislation aimed at reducing young people’s access to cigarettes. 27.04.2016

Dr. Michelle Mello is a professor of law and of health research and policy at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.R. Morain, J.P. Winickoff, and M.M. Mello. Have Tobacco 21 Laws Come of Age? N Engl J Med 2016;374:1601-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Houry on a new opioid-prescribing guideline from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 20.04.2016

Dr. Debra Houry is Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Frieden and D. Houry. Reducing the Risks of Relief - The CDC Opioid-Prescribing Guideline. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1501-4.

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