Could media reports include a standardized scale for quality of evidence?

doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z

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. 2011 May;26(5):543-5.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z.

Could media reports include a standardized scale for quality of evidence?

R Scott Braithwaite¹

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¹ Section of Value and Comparative Effectiveness, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA. scott.braithwaite@nyumc.org

PMID: 21174164
PMCID: PMC3077498
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z

Review

Could media reports include a standardized scale for quality of evidence?

R Scott Braithwaite. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 May.

. 2011 May;26(5):543-5.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z.

Author

R Scott Braithwaite¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of Value and Comparative Effectiveness, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA. scott.braithwaite@nyumc.org

PMID: 21174164
PMCID: PMC3077498
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z

Abstract

While some media reports offer accurate interpretations of clinical research, other reports are misleading. The uneven accuracy of medical reporting may act in concert with its sheer volume to confuse the lay public about which health messages are most important and evidence-based. I outline one possible step towards a solution: medical journals can embed quality of evidence ratings in article summaries and create incentives for inclusion of these ratings in lay media reports.

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[1] Health News Review—Holding health and medical journalism accountable. Available at: www.healthnewsreview.org. Accessed November 22, 2010.

[2] Health News Review—Holding health and medical journalism accountable. Available at: www.healthnewsreview.org. Accessed November 22, 2010.

[3] Dentzer S. Communicating medical news–pitfalls of health care journalism. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1–3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0805753. - DOI - PubMed

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[5] Wilson A, Bonevski B, Jones A, Henry D. Media reporting of health interventions: signs of improvement, but major problems persist. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e4831. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004831. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Wilson A, Bonevski B, Jones A, Henry D. Media reporting of health interventions: signs of improvement, but major problems persist. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e4831. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004831. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[9] Holtzman NA, Bernhardt BA, Mountcastle-Shah E, Rodgers JE, Tambor E, Geller G. The quality of media reports on discoveries related to human genetic diseases. Community Genet. 2005;8:133–144. doi: 10.1159/000086756. - DOI - PubMed

[10] Holtzman NA, Bernhardt BA, Mountcastle-Shah E, Rodgers JE, Tambor E, Geller G. The quality of media reports on discoveries related to human genetic diseases. Community Genet. 2005;8:133–144. doi: 10.1159/000086756. - DOI - PubMed

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