Panel: A reporter’s guide to medical decision making (Health Journalism 2012)
Speaker: Michael J. Barry, M.D., president, Informed Medical Decisions Foundation
Panel description: It’s a curious paradox. Thanks to the Internet, health information has never been more accessible to patients. But from PSA screening to heart stents to spinal fusion surgery, many of the tests and treatments performed on patients may be unnecessary, deviating from the best medical evidence and not achieving the results patients expect. Learn what the government, hospitals and others are doing to generate more useful data to guide choices about medical care and to better inform doctors – and patients – so they make wiser decisions.
