Minimally Disruptive Medicine in the BMJ
Posted: August 12, 2009 Filed under: Papers and presentations | Tags: Carl May, Frances Mair, Publications, Victor Montori 1 Comment »The article is out! You can review it here.
The BMJ frontmatter says:
A man being treated for heart failure rejects the offer to attend a specialist clinic because in the previous two years he has made 54 visits to similar clinics for consultant appointments, diagnostic tests, and treatment. According to the authors of this analysis paper, this case and others highlight the need for minimally disruptive medicine that seeks to tailor treatment regimens to the realities of patients’ daily lives.
The research team puts it out there
Posted: August 7, 2009 Filed under: Research on MDM | Tags: Carl May, Frances Mair, Publications, Victor Montori Leave a comment »We have an exciting group of researchers coming together to contribute the evidence base for minimally disruptive medicine.
The kick-off publication will be coming out in the BMJ soon. The authors of that publication are Carl May, Frances Mair, and Victor Montori, and you can learn more about them and their work in their own websites by clicking on their names.
MDM discussed at EBM mecca
Posted: August 7, 2009 Filed under: Papers and presentations | Tags: Presentations, Victor Montori 1 Comment »Coinciding with the June 2009 How to Teach Evidence-based Clinical Practice workshop at McMaster University, Victor Montori was invited to present Medical Grand Rounds.
His presentation Patient Disobedience challenged EBM to consider its application to patients with multiple medical conditions and poor treatment adherence, and introduced the concepts of FIT and Minimally Disruptive Medicine.
The slide show (without performance) is available here.
