Peter Ubel
Professor, Duke University and Contributor at Freelance
Physician-researcher studying medical decisions, ethics, and health policy.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
Imagine your physician prescribed an expensive new drug for you, hopeful it will control a serious chronic illness. Concerned about its price, you ask what your out-of-pocket costs will be. To help your physician, you even pull out details of your insurance coverage. But even with this information in mind, don’t expect your physician to be able to estimate your costs. The complexity of American health insurance coverage has many physicians bamboozled.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
The experiment was simple. A group of behaviorally-minded researchers tested whether patients are more likely to receive mammograms when those tests are automatically scheduled (meaning they can opt out if they want) versus when they have to opt in for the tests. The researchers predicted that people who have to opt out of the test will be much more likely to receive it. Lots of research shows that when you turn a behavior into a default, things are more likely to happen.
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3 weeks ago |
kevinmd.com | Jared Pelo |Curtis Gattis |Peter Ubel |Leslie Gregory
This article is sponsored by Microsoft Dragon Copilot. Microsoft Dragon Copilot, part of Microsoft Cloud for Health Care, provides an AI assistant for clinical workflow. It combines ambient conversation capture, natural language understanding, and advanced generative AI to streamline documentation, surface information, and automate tasks.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
Many people with chronic pain find themselves interacting with clinicians who do not seem to trust them. Why is it hard to establish a trusting relationship with your doctor? And what can you do about it? I have been on both sides of the exam table – as a physician caring for people with chronic pain and as a patient slowly coming to realize he is struggling with chronic pain. I would like to share a story I hope will help you understand why it can be difficult to gain the trust of your physicians.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
During his campaign, President Trump promised to “end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” In honor of that promise, Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Medicare program, should address the enormous increase in what Medicare patients are being asked to pay for drugs. Medicare drug coverage is provided by private insurers. In the last few years, these companies have shifted a substantial portion of the cost of high-priced drugs onto patients.
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Cool article helping journalists understand how immigration policies are playing out in healthcare settings. https://t.co/ngLmTTAR2o
Many people with chronic pain find themselves interacting with clinicians who do not seem to trust them. Why? And what can you do about it? Here's a story I hope will help you understand: https://t.co/eCHcbFySEs
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