Preventing Overdiagnosis

DSM-V and problems of overdiagnosis

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:53:50 +0000

Dr Allen Frances’ (chair of DSM-4) blogs about DSM-V and problems of overdiagnosis: to read more click here

Statistically funny

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:43:18 +0000

Hilda Bastian - Commenting on the science of unbiased health research with cartoons - To read more click here

September 10-12, 2013 Conference : Abstract submissions closed – Registration now open

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:35:48 +0000

The Preventing Overdiagnosis conference will take place on 10-12 September 2013 in the United States, hosted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in partnership with one of the world’s most respected medical journals, the BMJ, the leading New-York based consumer organisation Consumer Reports, and Bond University. The registration fee is $475. A call for abstracts was issued in November 2012, the submission deadline was March 15, 2013. Decisions will be announced in late April, and those who have submitted abstracts will be informed then.

You can read more about the conference and see a draft program here. If you are interested in attending or want to receive more information about the conference, please sign up for updates.

BBC Podcast

admin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:16:56 +0000

“Listen to a recent two-part BBC radio series on Overdiagnosis here” http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/medmatters

Hello and Welcome!

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:36:16 +0000

Firstly, thank you all very much for signing up to receive information about the September 10-12, 2013 Preventing Overdiagnosis conference – and thanks to those who sent comments, references and suggestions via the website.In the month since the conference was announced in the BMJ, there has been a strong and overwhelmingly positive response to the idea, and interest in attending the conference from many parts of the world.The committee organizing the conference hopes to provide more information about the conference and the program, costs and possible concession rates, in the coming months – with a call for abstracts to be released by October, 2012.

The conference is scheduled to run for two-and-a-half days, starting in the afternoon of September 10, and finishing September 12, 2013. The conference will be hosted by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, in partnership with BMJ, Consumer Reports and Bond University in Australia.

After more information becomes available, if you have more questions, suggestions or comments, don’t hesitate to contact us here.

Credit: BMJ Cover, June 2, 2012
http://www.bmj.com/content/344/7859 Credit: Cartoon from Hilda Bastian.

Welcome to Preventing Overdiagnosis

admin — Sun, 27 May 2012 03:10:32 +0000

Hi and welcome to the Preventing Overdiagnosis website.

We are pleased to announce that the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference will take place on 10-12 September 2013 in the United States, hosted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in partnership with one of the world’s most respected medical journals, the BMJ, the leading New-York based consumer organisation Consumer Reports, and Bond University. A call for papers will be issued later in 2012.

If you are interested in attending or want to receive more information about the conference, please sign up for updates.