Is medical care based upon science or politics?

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Evidence-Based Medicine: Is American medical care based on science or politics?

Posted on 27 September 2009. Tags: feature article, healthcare, interview, physician, policy, politics

Dr. Al Berg

by William Burnett

Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH, is a professor at the Department of Family

Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board

certified in Family Medicine and General Preventive Medicine and Public

Health.

Dr. Berg’s research has focused on clinical epidemiology in primary

care settings. He has served as chairman of the United States

Preventive Services Task Force, co-chair of the otitis media panel

convened by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, chair of

the CDC STD Treatment Guidelines panel, member of the AMA/CDC panel

producing Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services, member of the

Institute of Medicine’s Immunization Safety Review Committee, and chair

of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Treatment of

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

He currently chairs the CDC’s panel on Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention.

He recently spoke with the Student Doctor Network about evidence-based medicine and health care reform.http://www.studentdoctor.net/2009/09/evidence-based-medicine-is-american-medical-care-based-on-science-or-politics/ www.iamnolabrat.com

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