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Our Research

Our research is focused on improving clinician understanding and ordering of diagnostic tests to make patient care safer.  A sample of our work is below.

Publications

  • Goodman KE, Rodman AM, Morgan DJ. Preparing Physicians for the Clinical Algorithm Era. N Engl J Med. 2023. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Malani PN, Diekema DJ. Diagnostic Stewardship to Prevent Diagnostic Error. JAMA. 2023 [link to article]
  • Korenstein D, Scherer LD, Foy A, Pineles L, Lydecker AD, Owczarzak J, Magder L, Brown JP, Pfeiffer CD, Terndrup C, Leykum L, Stevens D, Feldstein DA, Weisenberg SA, Baghdadi JD, Morgan DJ. Clinician Attitudes and Beliefs Associated with More Aggressive Diagnostic Testing. Am J Med. 2022. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Pineles L, Owczarzak J, et al. Clinician Conceptualization of the Benefits of Treatments for Individual Patients. JAMA Network Open. 2021. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Pineles L, Korenstein D. Uncertainty in Medicine-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2021. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Pineles L, Owczarzak J, et al. Accuracy of Practitioner Estimates of Probability of Diagnosis Before and After Testing. JAMA Intern Med. 2021. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Scherer LD, Korenstein D. Improving Physician Communication About Treatment Decisions: Reconsideration of "Risks vs Benefits". JAMA. 2020. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Coon ER, Wright SM, Korenstein D. 2019 Update on Medical Overuse: A Review. JAMA Intern Med. 2019. [link to article]
  • Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Coon ER, Wright SM, Korenstein D. 2018 Update on Medical Overuse. JAMA Intern Med. 2019. [link to article]

Other Media

External Medicine Podcast: https://externalmedicinepodcast.com/korenstein/

Reed Magazine article: https://www.reed.edu/reed-magazine/articles/2019/epidemiologist-dan-morgan.html

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/10/05/feature/doctors-are-surprisingly-bad-at-reading-lab-results-its-putting-us-all-at-risk/?utm_term=.a0bc83a12dfe