JAMA Surgery

Highly compensated doctors often fail to disclose relationships with medical device companies

By Laura Lovett 01:42 pm August 16, 2018

A recent study published in JAMA Surgery found that when it comes to reporting conflicts of interest in regards to compensation from medical device companies, doctors aren’t always completely forthcoming. Researchers discovered that only 37.3 percent of publications written by a sample of doctors receiving the greatest compensation from device companies declared all relevant conflicts of...

Study: App-based visits seem viable for post-surgical follow-ups

By Heather Mack 04:06 pm March 23, 2017

Women recovering from breast reconstruction surgery following a mastectomy may be just fine checking in with their doctors via their smartphone rather than having to visit in person, a small study published in JAMA Surgery suggested. Surgeons at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto randomly assigned 65 post-operative women to either attend planned follow-up visits with their doctor at one...