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"Guiding Choice — Ethically Influencing Referrals in ACOs," New England Journal of Medicine
Authors: Matthew DeCamp, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann
As the accountable care organization (ACO) model spreads in the United States, early experiences are being used to improve operations. One aspect of the model receiving substantial attention is the organization's influence on referrals.
 

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"'Targeted' Consent for Pragmatic Clinical Trials," Journal of General Internal Medicine

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"Communicating with Biobank Participants: Preferences for Receiving and Providing Updates to Researchers," Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Authors: Jessica Mester, MaryBeth Mercer, Aaron Goldenberg, Rebekah Moore, Charis Eng, Richard Sharp
Previous work shows that biobank participants desire study updates, but preferences regarding the method or frequency of these communications have not been explored.

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"Ethics, Consent and Blinding: Lessons from a Placebo/Sham Controlled CPAP Crossover Trial," Thorax
Authors: Yasaman Djavadkhani, Nathaniel Marshall, Angela D'Rozario, Megan Crawford, Brendon Yee, Ronald Grunstein, Craig Phillips
Performing rigorously designed clinical trials in device-based treatments is challenging. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most effective device-based treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. We performed a randomised crossover trial of CPAP versus placebo therapy and did not disclose the presence of placebo.

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"Psychiatrists' and Primary Care Physicians' Beliefs About Overtreatment of Depression and Anxiety," Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Authors: Ryan Lawrence, Kenneth Rasinski, John Yoon, Farr Curlin
This national survey of primary care physicians and psychiatrists found that a small majority believe physicians too often treat normal sadness and worry as medical illnesses and yet most believe that undertreatment of depression and anxiety is a more pressing problem.