Comments on: Moneyball medicine

By: Rich, MD

Rich, MD — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:50:00 +0000

even though it will ultimately turn out that testing is a good idea

Can I borrow your crystal ball? With it, I won't need any testing at all.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:19:00 +0000

He’d probably whine about the fact that he was unfairly persecuted even though it will ultimately turn out that testing is a good idea and he never actually had any judgement against him. I wonder what Dan Fogelberg would say about that?

By: Rich, MD

Rich, MD — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:16:00 +0000

Kling proposes that patients be made aware of the “statitical recommendations” and the doctor’s “personal recommendation,” and choose between them.

I wonder what Dr. Merenstein would have to say about that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:09:00 +0000

the problem is that they still fail to take into account how little of medicine has good data to support decisions. they fail to take into account that we still care about individual patients a lot more than whether we correctly identify who will be a 200 hitter and who will be a 300 hitter. i think if they are comparing someone who doesn’t keep up with the literature to practicing medicine from a distance, they possibly could demonstrate some benefit, if there were a way to fairly quantify these things.
i can’t believe how these people purport to understand data and still think that they can compare outcomes in a real life setting using said data.