Karen Born, PhD

Karen Born is a health policy professor.

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Health policy

COVID-19 can be an opportunity to eliminate low-value health care

Karen Born, PhD & Ken Milne, MD

June 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched health care systems across Canada beyond capacity. Surges of COVID-19 have strained available beds, exhausted health care workers and resources. Some regional and provincial health systems delayed all non-essential procedures, tests, and surgeries to cope…

Canadians’ health-seeking behaviors have changed over the past year with steep drops in emergency and hospital care utilization.

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Medical education

Conflicts of interest don’t always involve money

Andreas Laupacis, MD & Karen Born, PhD

February 10, 2012Feb 10, 20122

Conflicts of interest in medical research are extremely common - one recent study found that 52% of the experts involved in developing clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetes in the United States and Canada had a financial conflict…

Conflicts of interest in medical research are extremely common – one recent study found that 52% of the experts involved in developing clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetes in the United States and Canada had a financial conflict of interest. Although doctors and researchers often declare financial conflicts of interests when they make presentations and publish papers, there are many who argue that declaring financial conflicts is no longer …