Howie and Harlan are joined by Shivan Mehta, associate chief innovation officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, to discuss how healthcare organizations can use behavioral science to remove barriers that keep patients from getting recommended care. Harlan warns that ill-defined rules governing scientific collaboration with China could chill medical research; Howie revisits the discovery of Legionnaires’ disease 50 years ago as New York confronts a new outbreak.
Show notes:
Restrictions on Collaboration
National Science Foundation “Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities”
Texas Executive Order GA-48
Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order restricting travel to China and other countries.
Shivan Mehta
Shivan Mehta: “Texting in Health Care—Preserving Impact and Managing Influx”
“Randomized controlled trials – The what, when, how and why”
CDC: Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Cleveland Clinic: What is a Gastroenterologist?
Cologuard Plus Colon Cancer Screening Test
“What to know about the new blood-based test for colorectal cancer”
Mayo Clinic: Fecal immunochemical test
Cleveland Clinic: Fecal Occult Blood Test
Legionnaires’ Disease
“New York Is Having a Legionnaires’ Outbreak. Here’s What to Know.”
Jeremy Faust: “How New York Is Winning Against Legionnaires’ Disease”
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