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NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work. Nov 07, 2018

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Dr. Melinda Ashton is the Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Hawaii Pacific Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Ashton. Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1789-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer. Oct 31, 2018

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Dr. Ryan Corcoran is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and leader of the Corcoran lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.B. Corcoran and B.A. Chabner. Application of Cell-free DNA Analysis to Cancer Treatment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1754-65.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Mann on steps that hospitals can take to keep women safe during and after childbirth. Oct 31, 2018

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Dr. Susan Mann is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Mann and Others. What We Can Do about Maternal Mortality — And How to Do It Quickly. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1689-1691. M.E. Murray Horwitz, R.L. Molina, and J.M. Snowden. Postpartum Care in the United States — New Policies for a New Paradigm. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1691-1693.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Esther Choo on steps that medical institutions can take to support and empower women. Oct 24, 2018

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Dr. Esther Choo is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. E.K. Choo, J. van Dis, and D. Kass. Time’s Up for Medicine? Only Time Will Tell. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1592-3. V.J. Dzau and P.A. Johnson. Ending Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1589-91.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a California law about information provided by crisis pregnancy centers. Oct 17, 2018

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Prof. Wendy Parmet is a professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. W.E. Parmet, M.L. Berman, and J.A. Smith. The Supreme Court’s Crisis Pregnancy Center Case - Implications for Health Law. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1489-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Bach on payment approaches Medicare could consider for costly new CAR-T treatments. Oct 10, 2018

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Dr. Peter Bach is director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.B. Bach. National Coverage Analysis of CAR-T Therapies - Policy, Evidence, and Payment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1396-8.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Goldstein on disparities in access to preexposure prophylaxis among populations at high risk for HIV infection. Oct 03, 2018

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Dr. Robert Goldstein is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and medical director of the Transgender Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.H. Goldstein, C.G. Streed, and S.R. Cahill. Being PrEPared — Preexposure Prophylaxis and HIV Disparities. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1293-1295.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Adams on the use of clinical next-generation sequencing to obtain a genetic diagnosis. Oct 03, 2018

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Dr. David Adams is from the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R. Adams and C.M. Eng. Next-Generation Sequencing to Diagnose Suspected Genetic Disorders. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1353-1362.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Garen Wintemute on state and federal policies that could prevent firearm-related deaths. Sep 26, 2018

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Dr. Garen Wintemute is director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G.J. Wintemute. How to Stop Mass Shootings. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1193-6.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 and the effort to make data on drug safety more transparent and available. Sep 19, 2018

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Dr. Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Avorn, A. Kesselheim, and A. Sarpatwari. The FDA Amendments Act of 2007 - Assessing Its Effects a Decade Later. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1097-9.

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