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UCSF Team for High-Value Care

@UCSF_HVC

@UCSF-based team working to promote high-value care within the U.S. health care system.
San Francisco, CA Joined August 2021
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UCSF Team for High-Value Care @UCSF_HVC
New research from our team in @bmj_latest finds that medical device adverse events are still being reported within summary reports that are frequently incomplete, inaccurate, and delayed, despite FDA's decision in 2019 to end a similar program due to transparency concerns
The BMJ @bmj_latest Oct 18
Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration, rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly detect potential safety signals, finds new study in The BMJ
bmj.com/content/395/bm…
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Tune into the GeriPal podcast to hear more from @RFRedberg on the evidence for statins in older adults! #deprescribing
New guidelines make 90%+ of #OlderAdults eligible for #statins, but should they take them? New PREVENT risk calculator, STAREE trial findings, and the safety of #deprescribing after 75 with @RFRedberg, Tim Anderson & Mike Rich.

- bit.ly/GeriPalEp420
@AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
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Important piece on MitraClip in @KFFHealthNews – serious adverse events, three recalls, questions of biased data and conflicts of interest and inconsistent evidence of effectiveness raise concerns about use of the device
KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews Jul 9, 2024
NEW: The story of MitraClip, a device Dr. Oz helped invent to treat faulty heart valves, is a cautionary tale about the science, business, and regulation of medical technology.

@DavidHilzenrath & @hollyhacker report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…
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Investing time to generate mortality data for MCEDs is in patients' best interest - moving forward without evidence that MCEDs save patient lives is not and likely to be harmful, as @RFRedberg & coauthors wrote in @JAMAInternalMed: doi.org/10.1001/jamain…
jamanetwork.com Need for RCTs for Cancer Screening Blood Tests In recent years, blood tests that look for circulating tumor DNA and biomarkers (termed liquid biopsies) have been developed. As Carr and Welch describe in this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine,1...
STAT Verified account @statnews Jun 24, 2024
#News After a decade of drama, Grail goes public with high hopes for its multi-cancer blood test but also many issues yet to settle. trib.al/YiZ5w4Z
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