Roses are red
Fridays are great
Heading to @Harvard_Law
For an engaging policy debate

#policyethx #HealthPolicyValentines

#policyethx Dr. Steven Pearson @icer_review addresses the burning question: "Why are we here today?" cc: @AmeetSarpatwari @PORTAL_Research @JasonComander @MassEyeAndEar @HMSbioethics @PetrieFlom

I'm moderating the first @PORTAL_Research #policyethx of the academic year, starting in 15 minutes in @HMSCountway. Looking forward to a conversation with @jessiegaeta & @andrewkolodny!

First #policyethx of the year on the #opioidcrisis TOMORROW at @HMSCountway @HarvardMed!

Panelists: @jessiegaeta @BUMedicine @BHCHP & @andrewkolodny @BrandeisU @supportprop

Moderator: @DrSinhaEsq @PORTAL_Research @harvardmitCRS

#policyethx Dr. Ferris highlights example of Prilosec v. Nexium. Discounts plus coupons to @MassGeneralMDs made the cost of Nexium cheaper to them than generic omeprazole!

#policyethx Dr. Sherman @HarvardPilgrim describes challenges from payor perspective in covering high-priced drugs, questions our unwillingness as a society to negotiate prices.

#policyethx Dr. Pieter Cohen @challiance @harvardmed discusses SLAPP lawsuits and anti-SLAPP statutes. More on the Massachusetts law here:

#policyethx Dr. Susan Ellenberg @PennMedicine draws comparisons between Ebola and HIV. For more, see my paper with @weparmet @NUSL @NUSLHealth here:

#policyethx Audience member highlights scenario at her institution in which women physicians (and not men) are suggested to shift to voluntary roles during leave or shift off tenure track entirely when family obligations arise. #thatsbias #WomenInMedicine

#policyethx Great point from audience member & @HarvardChanSPH professor who teaches negotiation, on different gender expectations between men and women when entering into negotiations. Men come in with information from male mentors.

#policyethx @PORTAL_Research @ChanaSacks asks what the "men on the wall" would think of the conversation today on gender and academic medicine #WallsDoTalk #SheLeads2017

#policyethx Claudia Goldin @HarvardEcon highlights cross-sectoral pay gaps and characteristics that may account for the differences

#policyethx Claudia Goldin @Harvard @HarvardEcon discusses the cost to firms of temporal flexibility

Great time @PORTAL_Research @HMSbioethics #policyethx on "The Ethics of Health Care Reform" -- thanks to @CongressmanRuiz & @HealthStewBlog!

Lots of agreement among #policyethx panelists on the importance of collaboration & public discourse re: emerging technologies in medicine.

Q & A time at @PORTAL_Research #policyethx, Public Reporting on Physicians. @rwyeh cites clever quote from @hmkyale

.@rwyeh @BIDMChealth @harvardmed highlights findings from Menees et al. in @NEJM: #policyethx

Public reporting on physicians: is it worth the effort, what are unintended consequences, do patients care? -Dr. Kramer BIDMC #policyethx

Q & A time at important #policyethx talk, "Returning Research Results to Participants" @PORTAL_Research @PetrieFlom @HMSbioethics

Pilar Ossorio @WisconsinLaw highlights many challenges with returning individual results to study participants #policyethx #clinicaltrials

Pilar Osorio PhD, JD @WisconsinLaw good with aggregate result sharing, highlights challenges with individual result sharing #policyethx

Dr. Barbara Bierer @HarvardCatalyst @BWHResearch @harvardmed discusses principles of returning individual study results #policyethx

Dr. Barbara Bierer @HarvardCatalyst @HMSbioethics: Common question when returning individual results: "What arm was I on?" #policyethx

Dr. Barbara Bierer @HarvardCatalyst @BWHResearch @harvardmed discusses rationale for returning research results to participants #policyethx

.@PORTAL_Research #policyethx starting now @Harvard_Law with @HMSbioethics & @PetrieFlom!

"Returning Research Results to Participants"

#HealthLawPReview2017 @PetrieFlom @Harvard_Law: @AmeetSarpatwari @PORTAL_Research @BWHResearch discusses Drug Pricing & Cost #policyethx

#policyethx: Dr. Calum MacRae argues that we will need "both the stethoscope & the UPC" as we move forward in medicine & clinical care

#policyethx @sandrogalea: "x depends on y" -- difficult to separate genetics & environmental factors, a real challenge of precision medicine

#policyethx Dr. Calum MacRae: will a barcode be the "next generation physical exam"? How would precision medicine disrupt delivery of care?

#policyethx Dr. Calum MacRae on why we chose to study LDL: "visible to the naked eye"