Overuse, which is defined as the provision of medical services that are more likely to cause
harm than good, is a pervasive problem. Direct measurement of overuse through …

Background Overuse, the provision of health care services for which harms outweigh benefits,
represents poor quality and contributes to high costs. A better understanding of overuse in …

Objective To determine the prevalence of financial conflicts of interest among members of
panels producing clinical practice guidelines on screening, treatment, or both for …

Background: Effective communication of risks and benefits to patients is critical for shared
decision making. Purpose: To review the comparative effectiveness of methods of …

Background: Financial payments from the drug industry to US physicians are common.
Payments may influence physicians' clinical decision making and drug prescribing. Purpose: To …

Objective To evaluate rates of serious organ specific immune-related adverse events,
general adverse events related to immune activation, and adverse events consistent with …

Burnout is a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and impaired
personal accomplishment induced by repeated workplace stressors. Current research …

Objective To examine the association between the presence of individual principal
investigators’ financial ties to the manufacturer of the study drug and the trial’s outcomes after …

… Dr Korenstein reported receiving grants from the NIH and grants from the National Cancer
… Dr Korenstein’s work on this project was supported in part by Cancer Center Support Grant …

Overdiagnosis, is defined as the diagnosis of a condition that, if unrecognized, would not
cause symptoms or harm a patient during his or her lifetime, and it is increasingly …