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Joerg Lehmann @joerglehmann.bsky.social · Jan 5
Which failures do patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) systems need to catch?
First publication of an international collaboration systematically addressing PSQA in Radiation Therapy.

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<em>Medical Physics</em> | AAPM Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background The Joint AAPM-ESTRO TG-360 is developing a quantitative framework to evaluate treatment verification systems used for patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA). A subgroup was commission...
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Gerry Hanna @gerryhanna.bsky.social · Jan 3
Controversial paper just out in the @thelancet.bsky.social

Study of population-health impact of funding new drugs recommended by the NHS England’s NICE body during 2000–20:

➡️New drugs resulted cost £75·1 billion
➡️net loss of approximately 1·25 million QALYs

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Population-health impact of new drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England during 2000–20: a retrospective analysis
During 2000–20, NHS coverage of new drugs displaced more population health than it generated. Our results highlight the inherent trade-offs between individuals who directly benefit from new drugs and those who forgo health due to the reallocation of resources towards new drugs.
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Joerg Lehmann @joerglehmann.bsky.social · Nov 26
Axial slice of an MRI image of a Mandarine with three sections coloured orange resembling a radiation warning sign