- Adult Immunization
- Hepatology
- Pediatric Immunization
- Screening
- Psychiatry
- Allergy
- Women's Health
- Cardiology
- Pediatrics
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Pain Management
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Infectious Disease
- Obesity Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Oncology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Pulmonology
Can Pharmaceutical Drugs Benefit Society?
There’s more to the value of health care than clinical effectiveness for patients and cost-effectiveness for individuals and governments.
There’s more to the value of health care than clinical effectiveness for patients and cost-effectiveness for individuals and governments. As we plan for the future of health care, a welcome addition would be to consider the wider benefits to society. In the US these days, it’s hard to imagine overcoming the political differences that prevent us from agreeing on what it means to benefit society. But it’s worth invoking the genius, power, and magic in bold thinking. This would be a great opportunity for those Harvard Business School types who advocate “shared value” in corporate thinking to make some concrete suggestions-an opportunity for a major contribution both to health care and to a better future for ourselves and our children.
Research That Is Changing Endocrinology: Advances, Challenges, and The Future, with Irl B Hirsch, MD
April 3rd 2025ACP 2025: Irl B Hirsch, MD, reviewed findings from 8 papers published in 2024 that he believes have made or will make a difference in the practice or understanding of the clinical area.
