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by rscho 5y ago
It's not common, although a group was sued by a company this year. So we'd like to anticipate, just in case.
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by rscho 5y ago
These guys at UAB [1] are doing amazing things with evidence-based drug discovery and repurposing, using logic programming [2]. Fund them! They're the future! [1] https://www.uab.edu/medicine/pmi/ [2] https:
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by rscho 5y ago
Thank you for your input. To clarify, we don't accuse the company of anything. We just got caught with our pants down because we have no experience in communicating with the industry and currently have nobody to guide us since our boss
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by rscho 5y ago
They don't pay us. We are independent researchers affiliated to a teaching hospital. We never interacted with the company other than about our publication.
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by rscho 5y ago
> I would simply reply that you cannot share data before publication, but they certainly can see the published data once it is public We did that. We only didn't respond to the request to meet in person. Sorry if I was unclear. >
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by rscho 5y ago
Depends on who makes the claim, I guess. We are absolutely not afraid of scientific reviews. We're afraid of potential legal reviews made in bad faith. A company doesn't have to win a legal case to win against researchers, they ju
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by rscho 5y ago
In my field, most studies are peer-reviewed without review of the data itself. The study was conducted strictly according to best practices guidelines, so we are not afraid of peer review. We are afraid of the suits coming in and making a f
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by rscho 5y ago
Yes, indeed and we'll probably do that after publication. It probably also opens us to accusations of mishandled data / bad interpretation by the company, though?
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by rscho 5y ago
Yes, sorry I had to edit the title because it was too long, resulting in this confusion. The authors are all staff at a teaching hospital, but do not hold teaching/academic positions and are not affiliated to the local university. Our
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by rscho 5y ago
This would've required us to state it in the manuscript and would've reflected badly on our research (readers would've been suspicious)
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by rscho 5y ago
Even meta-analysis conducted strictly according to PRISMA can be fraught with many issues. IMO, meta analysis is very vulnerable to bias in the base data and the honesty of multiple researchers, all while p-hacking and various other tricks
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by rscho 5y ago
Good practices dictate that preregistration should always be done nowadays, including for meta-analysis. In practice though, this has very little impact. There is absolutely no guarantee that what's written in the paper is a faithful r
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by rscho 5y ago
I've published (and still am publishing) multiple meta analyses. IMO,meta analysis on aggregate data is an h-index gaming machine that can never increase the value of its constituents. The amount of missing info in aggregate data is su
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by rscho 5y ago
When the world, and especially the US, will finally realize that MD pay is the minor problem and that the insane amount of bureaucracy, administrative staff and legal experts that surround MDs are the real issue, we'll finally be able
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by rscho 5y ago
> What's the medical equivalent of 'code schools'? Caribbean med school.
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by rscho 5y ago
'Hands-off' specialists (oncology, immunology etc.) need as much training and practice as a surgeon does. Internal medicine especially so, since they're the hospital's backbone. You break them, you break everyone else. T
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by rscho 5y ago
1 time credential... do you know how much compulsory continued education MDs have to go through every year?
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by rscho 5y ago
Yes, but... US college grad =~ EU HS grad
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by rscho 5y ago
Because, as difficult to believe as it may be to some people, some people are not all about money since the beginning. Some remain idealistic well into their thirties and earn a medical degree. Once you've got it though... that's
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by rscho 5y ago
As a foreign medical grad, I agree 100%. Many people who are not med grads unfortunately do have completely skewed views of both our education and practice and are often thoroughly convinced to know everything about us. Strong opinions stro
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by rscho 5y ago
I'm no expert in this field and was genuinely asking, but if someone knows of better things then please go for it!
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by rscho 5y ago
If you were the king of science, I'd kindly ask you to think about replacing grant financing and all other financial incentives that go along with publishing. Now that would be efficient. 'Cause I currently make .05-barely-signifi
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by rscho 5y ago
But do those include graphical capabilities, USB connectivity, jack for alim, etc. all-in-one and for a few bucks? I am aware medical devices should provide guarantees, but a smaller guarantee is still better than none at all, innit? For co
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by rscho 5y ago
Of course it would never do in developed countries! For context, I work with such monitors daily in a (very) rich country. I was thinking of the most backwater context you could still find use for it. Some parts of Africa, for instance.
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by rscho 5y ago
I also live here and additionally I'm an MD. But I didn't check sources before posting ('cause I'm feeling lazy, a mortal sin in covid threads).
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by rscho 5y ago
'Increasing fictional numbers on a computer screen through political intent' is the modern equivalent. I think everyone understands that, at this point...
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by rscho 5y ago
It doesn't count in at least Switzerland, and I believe all through western Europe as well...
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by rscho 5y ago
What would be really cool and useful would be an open source bedside (ICU/OR) monitor. RPi would probably be a good base, I guess...
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by rscho 5y ago
There are links to the community wiki on the Lazarus website (linked in the parent answer). Lazarus is not a language but a FOSS 'fork' of Delphi based upon object Pascal. Since there are many old-timers there, my guess is they ha

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