Writing & Editing

Academic, medical, and professional publications:

Besharov, M. & Montgomery, T. (2024, in press). Social Innovation in Healthcare. In Dopson, S., Bhatti, Y., Farchi, T., & Harris, M. (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Healthcare Innovation, Oxford University Press.

Okun S, Hanger M, Browne-James L, Montgomery T, Rafaloff G, van Delden JJ. Commitments for Ethically Responsible Sourcing, Use, and Reuse of Patient Data in the Digital Age: Co-Creation Process. J Med Internet Res2023;25:e41095.

Montgomery T, Berns JS, Braddock CH. Transparency as a Trust-Building Practice in Physician Relationships With PatientsJAMA. 2020;324(23):2365–2366. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.18368 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2774060

The Virus Does Discriminate, ABIM Foundation Guest Blog, December 2, 2020 https://abimfoundation.org/blog-post/the-virus-does-discriminate

Ethics Talk: How to Change Organizational Culture, AMA Journal of Ethics podcast, March 2020 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/podcast/ethics-talk-how-change-organizational-culture

Nundy S, Montgomery T, Wachter RM. Promoting Trust Between Patients and Physicians in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. JAMA. 2019;322(6):497–498. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2738393

Claiming our power as health citizens in an age of overdiagnosis. BMJ Opinion, December 2019 https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/12/05/tara-montgomery-claiming-our-power-as-health-citizens-in-an-age-of-overdiagnosis/

Santa, J., Peter, D., Keehn, J., and Montgomery, T. (2015). Why Outcomes Research Matters to Patients and Consumers. BMJ Outcomes Inaugural Collection (pp. 20-21), April 2015.

Consumer Reports:

Led or collaborated with a team of researchers and journalists that produced the following editorial content for Consumer Reports magazine (indexed by PubMed):

Consum Rep. 2012 Jun;77(6):12-3. When to say “Whoa!” to your doctor: common tests and treatments you probably don’t need. PMID: 22720341

Consum Rep. 2014 Sep;79(9):19-22. Deadly pain pills: everyday, 46 people in the U.S. die from legal pain pills. Here’s how to avoid being a statistic. PMID: 25112000

Consum Rep. 2014 Nov;79(11):40-8. It’s time to get mad about the outrageous cost of health care: why it’s so high, how it affects your wallet–and yes, what you can do about it. PMID: 25376062

Consum Rep. 2014 Dec;79(12):48-52. A beautiful death. PMID: 25507410

Consum Rep. 2015 Aug;80(8):20-6. The rise of superbugs. [American’s Antibiotic Crisis: Part 1.] PMID: 26159005

Consum Rep. 2015 Sep;80(9):22-7. How Your Hospital Can Make You Sick. [American’s Antibiotic Crisis: Part 2.] PMID: 26255317

Consum Rep. 2016 Jan;81(1):40-7. Making the World Safe From Superbugs. [American’s Antibiotic Crisis: Part 3.] PMID: 26738209

Consum Rep. 2016 Aug;81(8):52-60. Is There a Cure for High Drug Prices? A Special Investigation From Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs. PMID: 27459753