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Shared Decision Making: Informed Consent v. Informed Choice

Gilles Frydman | November 30, 2009

This guest post, presenting the view point of Howard Luks ( @hjluks on Twitter). Howard is an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement at Westchester Medical Center, in Westchester County, NY. Asked about participatory medicine and patient engagement, Howard told me “I am infinitely intrigued by the possible [...]

US Health Care Reform: A Contemporary Example of
Goodhart’s Law?

Gilles Frydman | June 29, 2009

Goodhart’s law – named after a former chief economist of the Bank of England – says that whatever social or economic indicator or other surrogate measure you adopt as a financial target ceases to be a relevant target once you have adopted it because it loses the information content it had originally. What is the [...]