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January 05, 2026By Neil J. Weissman, MD, Chief Scientific Officer
My mother, now 90, grew up in an era where the ‘doctor knows best, but those days of assumed expertise are gone. Only 36% of U.S. adults say they have a great deal of confidence in the medical system...
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December 09, 2024Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, our team’s research identified seven strategies to support antiracist documentation policies and improve equity in clinical encounters. Documen...
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November 25, 2024Social determinants of health, implicit bias, and other factors impact the health of people from disadvantaged groups. Technology and policy changes can advance equity efforts. Despite nearly 40 ye...
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November 18, 2024A new NIH-funded study will explore whether a wearable device can provide better functional recovery data after surgery for distal radius fracture. Fractures of the wrist are very common. Yet ...
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November 11, 2024
By MedStar Health Research Institute
This article was written by Hannah Arem, PhD, and Claire Starling, MPH. Our research, published in JAMA Network Open, finds significant clinical improvements in insomnia symptoms among patient...
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November 04, 2024MedStar Health was the first and among the most prominent U.S. enrollers of participants in this important global Phase III clinical trial of a new drug to treat transthyretin amyloidosis with cardio...
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October 28, 2024Soon-to-be-published research examines the benefits of integrating gestational diabetes services with maternal and infant care. Diabetes during pregnancy is common and challenging to m...
