Interview with Timothy Fendler, MD, MS, author of Alignment of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status With Patients’ Likelihood of Favorable Neurological Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interview with James Fleshman, MD, author of Effect of Laparoscopic-Assisted Resection vs Open Resection of Stage II or III Rectal Cancer on Pathologic Outcomes: The ACOSOG Z6051 Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, author of Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society

Interview with Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, MPH, DrPH, author of Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society, Nancy L. Keating, MD, MPH, author of New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening in US Women, and Evan R. Myers, MD, MPH, author of Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review

Edward H. Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor of Clinical Reviews and Education and Jon Tilburt, MD, from the Mayo Clinic explain prostate cancer screening. For more information, read the JAMA Patient Page on this topic.

Edward H. Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor of Clinical Reviews and Education discusses prostate cancer screening with Otis Brawley, MD, author of Prostate Cancer Incidence and PSA Testing Patterns in Relation to USPSTF Screening Recommendations and David F. Penson, MD, MPH, author of a related editorial entitled The Pendulum of Prostate Cancer Screening.

Edward H. Livingston MD, explores the topic of prostate cancer screening in author interviews with:

• Dan Merenstein about losing a malpractice case despite following evidence-based medicine guidelines (PSA Screening — I Finally Won!).
• Otis Brawley about Prostate Cancer Incidence and PSA Testing Patterns in Relation to USPSTF Screening Recommendations.
• David F. Penson about The Pendulum of Prostate Cancer Screening.
• Victor M. Montori about The Connection Between Evidence-Based Medicine and Shared Decision Making.

Interview with Thomas L. Schwenk, MD, author of Resident Depression: The Tip of a Graduate Medical Education Iceberg

Interview with Justin E. Bekelman, MD, author of Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries

Interview with Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, author of Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States A Review of Measles and Pertussis

Interview with Wendy C. King, PhD, author of Change in Pain and Physical Function Following Bariatric Surgery for Severe Obesity

Interview with Pascal Hammel, MD, author of Effect of Chemoradiotherapy vs Chemotherapy on Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Controlled After 4 Months of Gemcitabine With or Without Erlotinib: The LAP07 Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Douglas B. White, MD, MAS, author of Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill Patients

Interview with Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, author of Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Michael P. Pignone, MD, MPH, author of Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Introducing a new series of JAMA articles on professionalism, discussed from the perspective of how clinicians should address challenging clinical situations and adverse events in their medical practice. In the first episode of the accompanying podcast, JAMA Professionalism: Best Practice, we interview Wendy Levinson, MD, and Jensen Yeung, MD, authors of Disclosure of Medical Error, which appeared in the August 16, 2016 issue of JAMA, as well as Thomas H. Gallagher, MD.

Drug prices continue to rise in the US. Many solutions have been proposed but few have been implemented. Drs. Janet Woodcock from the FDA and Aaron Kesselheim, author of The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States from the Harvard Medical School discuss the role of brand name drugs and generics and how they influence the cost of pharmaceuticals.

Also see The Cost of US Pharmaceutical Price Reductions: A Financial Simulation Model of R&D Decisions by Thomas A. Abbott and John A. Vernon.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, physician-scientist and entrepreneur, talks about the National MoonShot Initiative, his MoonShot 2020 Program, as well as promising approaches in cancer immunotherapy. This podcast was originally recorded on June 3, 2016

Interview with Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA;, author of Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes: Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality, and Michael E. Porter, PhD, author of From Volume to Value in Health Care: The Work Begins

In this episode of JAMA Professionalism: Best Practice, Edward H. Livingston, MD looks at the case of a physician requesting prescription medication from a colleague to examine professional boundaries between physicians and options for managing those boundaries. Shiphra Ginsburg, MD and Wendy Levinson, MD, authors of the related article, join Dr Livingston to discuss the best options for handling this challenging situation. Arthur S. Hengerer, MD, chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards discusses the legal and licensure ramifications of physicians prescribing for other clinicians and Kate E. Engelhardt, MD, and D. Brock Hewitt, MD, MPH, practicing physicians, relate their experience with other clinicians asking them to prescribe medications.

Medicare recently developed a star rating system to help consumers determine the quality of care delivered at various hospitals. This rating system was considered controversial by many. In this podcast we discuss the rating system with one of its critics, Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS, and with Kate Goodrich, MD, the Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at Medicare.

Article discussed in this episode:

The New CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings: The Stars Are Not Aligned

Interview with Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, USPSTF Task Force member and coauthor of Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Christopher JL. Murray, MD, DPhil, author of US County-Level Trends in Mortality Rates for Major Causes of Death, 1980-2014

Interview with Roger L. Zemek, MD, author of Association Between Early Participation in Physical Activity Following Acute Concussion and Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

Workplace violence–related injuries occur disproportionately in health care settings. In this podcast, we discuss how individual clinicians should manage violent patients who might attack them. Article discussed in this episode: Ensuring Staff Safety When Treating Potentially Violent Patients

Interview with Julie Rani Nangia, BA, MD, author of Effect of a Scalp Cooling Device on Alopecia in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: The SCALP Randomized Clinical Trial, and Hope S. Rugo, MD, author of Association Between Use of a Scalp Cooling Device and Alopecia After Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Interview with Freddie C. Hamdy, MD, FRCSEd(Urol), and Jenny L Donovan, PhD, FMedSci, authors of Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer: Helping Decision Making for Patients and Their Physicians

This podcast discusses the latest research into the workings of the lung microbiome and how it will affect future diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. Related article: The Lung Microbiome: Key to Respiratory Ills?

Interview with Charles Landefeld, MD, author of Screening for Thyroid Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Stuart M. Butler, PhD, MA, BSc, author of State Flexibility for Medicaid: How Much?

Interview with JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, author of Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Long-Term All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trials

Interview with Jeffrey Alan. Golden, MD, author of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases From Breast Cancer: Helping Artificial Intelligence Be Seen

Interview with Michael J. Barry, MD, Task Force member and co-author of Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Dr. Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, about his study using Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data to compare health care infrastructure, outcomes, and prices in the US and other high-income countries to identify the sources of spending that make US health care so expensive.

Interview with John W Epling, MD, MSEd, Task Force member and co-author of Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Alex H Krist, MD, MPH, Task Force member and co-author of Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement, and Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Alex H Krist, MD, MPH, Task Force member and co-author of Screening for Prostate Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Seth Landefeld, MD, Task Force member and co-author of Screening for Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Electrocardiography: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Seth Landefeld, MD, member of the US Preventative Services Task Force, on  Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Electrocardiography: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Carol M Mangione, MD MSPH, Task Force member and co-author of Screening for Cervical Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Interview with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., author of Next Phase in Effective Cost Control in Health Care

Interview with Kevin A. Schulman, MD, author of The Implications of “Medicare for All” for US Hospitals

Interview with John A. Baron, M.D., author of Vitamin D as Cancer Therapy?: Insights From 2 New Trials

Interview with Alan Leshner, PhD, author of Medication-Based Treatment to Address Opioid Use Disorder

Interview with S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, author of Academic Medical Centers: Too Large for Their Own Health?

Interview with Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD, MHS, author of A Practical Approach to Low-Dose Aspirin for Primary Prevention

Interview with Jennifer L. Swails, MD, author of The Conundrum of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Score Reporting Structure

Interview with Chyke A Doubeni, MD, MPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement

Interview with Daniel Brodie, MD, author of Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults With Respiratory Failure and Related Indications: A Review

Interview with Joanna Paladino, MD, author of Communication Strategies for Sharing Prognostic Information With Patients: Beyond Survival Statistics