Ep. 39: The Anatomy of Medical Misinformation
Medical misinformation is a serious issue that is on the radar of policymakers, public health officials, pediatricians, and parents alike. It's so prominent that in 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic raging and an undercurrent of medical misinformation working against public health efforts at vaccination, the Office of U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on the deadly consequences of health misinformation and its equally concerning sibling, medical disinformation. Now Dr. Geeta Nayyar, a rheumatologist and former chief medical officer for AT&T and Salesforce, has penned a book about it, entitled "Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness." tackling the age-old and increasingly more entrenched issue of medical misinformation and disinformation and its impacts on the health care system and patients like you and me.
Carol Vassar, producer
Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.
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Medical misinformation is a serious issue that is on the radar of policymakers, public health officials, pediatricians, and parents alike. It's so prominent that in 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic raging and an undercurrent of medical misinformation working against public health efforts at vaccination, the Office of U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on the deadly consequences of health misinformation and its equally concerning sibling, medical disinformation. Now Dr. Geeta Nayyar, a rheumatologist and former chief medical officer for AT&T and Salesforce, has penned a book about it, entitled "Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness." tackling the age-old and increasingly more entrenched issue of medical misinformation and disinformation and its impacts on the health care system and patients like you and me.
Carol Vassar, producer
Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.
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