Listen "Podcast Episode 15: Jerry Avorn Talks: "Evidence is our North Star!""
Episode Synopsis
How do we stay the course and stay rooted in facts amidst a major disruption impacting the healthcare landscape?"Godfather" and originator of academic detailing Jerry Avorn joins the show to share his reflections on the current state of healthcare; the history of treatment and medications prior to rigorous study; his new book, Rethinking Medications; the critical importance of treating evidence, facts, and science as our collective North Star; and where we can look to a future where there is hope of correcting our course back towards the kind of evidence-based clinical care and health policy that we need, now more than ever!Visit rethinkmeds.info to connect with other Rethinking Medications readers, listeners, and thinkers, and check out the 2025 academic detailing systematic review mentioned in this episode, along with one from 2007.(Click here for the audio transcription.)
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