CEO https://t.co/AezdGdCmPj MyLymeData. Sat on Exec Com of PCORnet & chaired patient council; Subject matter expert patient registries for NORC etc .
Jan 22, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
As those with #lymedisease await IDSA guidelines--the title of this Ioannidis article says it all: "Professional Societies Should Abstain From Authorship of Guidelines and Disease Definition Statements" ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… …
Why you ask? "designated guideline coauthors share in the society-wide power game across a large portfolio of guidelines . . . Tens of thousands of society members then cite these articles. This creates a massive, clan-like, group self-citation network."
