“Like the law firms, they’ll have to bend the knee and kiss the ring.” — Bryan Carmody, MD, of Norfolk, Virginia, discussing a new executive order by President Trump that targeted medical school and residency accreditors for their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards.
“It’s likely that letters were sent to many more journals. CHEST‘s was simply the first to leak.” — Eric Reinhart, MD, of Chicago, on inquiries by the Department of Justice about alleged bias at medical journals.
“This is a really important health policy that the challengers are trying to kill with technicalities.” — Andrew Twinamatsiko, of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., discussing mixed signals from the Supreme Court on a case centered on the Affordable Care Act’s preventive care coverage mandate.
“The patient is the baton, and you’re giving [that baton] to a new person and want to make sure they know everything you know.” — Matthew Weinger, MD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, discussing simulation-based training funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that may be cut.
“If a doctor is just giving medications and not talking about diet, they’re not doing the complete job.” — Steven Fishbane, MD, of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, on the effect diseases and drugs can have on nutritional balance.
“This is not considered treatment failure.” — Michael Wong, MD, PhD, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, discussing data showing that cancer immunotherapy can have long-term benefits even if it’s stopped due to side effects.
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