Tag Archives: Research

From Authority to Analysis: How Evidence-Based Medicine Reshaped Modern Healthcare

By | May 15, 2025
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For much of modern medicine, clinical decisions leaned on tradition, authority, and experience. Physicians often followed longstanding practices because “that’s how it’s always been done.” But in recent decades, a quiet revolution changed everything: the rise of evidence-based medicine (EBM). EBM has reshaped clinical care. Now, it’s time for that same rigor to permeate publicâ€Ķ Read More: From Authority to Analysis: How Evidence-Based Medicine Reshaped Modern Healthcare »

Health equity: mistakes to avoid when conducting research

By | August 3, 2023
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A special dispatch from AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, June 2023 This post recaps a panel discussion focused on Measuring Impact of Policy Strategies on Health Equity. I was fortunate to be among the panelists. My talk focused on 7 common mistakes when conducting evaluation and health equity-focused research. In this post, I shareâ€Ķ Read More: Health equity: mistakes to avoid when conducting research »

When legal ramifications restrict survey research, we all suffer

By | April 26, 2018
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“A graduate student was threatened with a lawsuit and retraction of a published paper unless she paid thousands of dollars and signed a retroactive license for having used a measure without paying the fee.” This example was one of the motivating factors for a recent Medical Care commentary by Dr. Ron Hays and colleagues. The commentaryâ€Ķ Read More: When legal ramifications restrict survey research, we all suffer »

An exercise in frustration: Barriers to obtaining healthcare information online

By | August 30, 2018
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In a graduate course this semester (at the Temple University College of Public Health) on Healthcare Quality and Safety, one of the assignments is to explore the internet to learn about how consumers/patients without specific healthcare knowledge might get information on quality of care.  When students enter “consumer healthcare information” in Google, the first resultâ€Ķ Read More: An exercise in frustration: Barriers to obtaining healthcare information online »

The Role of Crowdsourcing in Research

By | February 22, 2018
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Crowdsourcing is defined as “a sourcing model in which individuals or organizations obtain goods and services, including ideas and finances, from a large, relatively open and often rapidly evolving group of internet users. Crowdsourcing spreads work among participants to achieve a cumulative result.”  Some well-known examples of crowdsourcing include the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the trafficâ€Ķ Read More: The Role of Crowdsourcing in Research »