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Making Evidence Actionable: Interactive Dashboards, Bayes, and Health Care Innovation

The results of many large-scale federal or multi-site evaluations are typically compiled into long reports which end up sitting on policymaker’s shelves. Moreover, the information policymakers need from these reports is often buried in the report, …

Underutilization and disparities in access to EGFR testing among Medicare patients with lung cancer from 2010 – 2013

Tumor testing for mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is indicated for all newly diagnosed, metastatic lung cancer patients, who may be candidates for first-line treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Few studies …