Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn is vice president at Kaiser Permanente Research and executive director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.A. McGlynn. Improving the Quality of U.S. Health Care — What Will It Take? N Engl J Med 2020;383:801-803.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn on why efforts to improve health care quality have often been unsuccessful and where we can go from here

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Kevin Schulman is a professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Schulman and B. Richman. Hospital Consolidation and Physician Unionization. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1445-1447.

NEJM Interview: Kevin Schulman on unionization as a response to consolidation and corporatization in health care.

Stephanie Fullerton is a professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.M. Fullerton and K.B. Brothers. Expanding Applications of Clinical Genetic Testing — Ethical Challenges. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1349-1351.

NEJM Interview: Stephanie Fullerton on the rise of clinical genetic testing and related ethical considerations.

R. Alta Charo is a professor emerita of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.A. Charo. Back to the Future in Alabama. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1253-1255.

NEJM Interview: R. Alta Charo on the potential implications of the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine.

Daniel Sulmasy is director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy at Georgetown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Sulmasy. Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1061-1063.

NEJM Interview: Daniel Sulmasy on the role of spirituality in patient care.

Dhruv Khullar is an assistant professor of medicine and of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Khullar, L.P. Casalino, and A.M. Bond. Vertical Integration and the Transformation of American Medicine. N Engl J Med 2024;390:965-967.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn on why efforts to improve health care quality have often been unsuccessful and where we can go from here

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