Related stories – Health Policy/Systems
Stories related to Health Policy and Health Systems from sources such as the Harvard Gazette, Harvard Magazine, New York Times, Boston Globe and other sites:
- Spreading his wings: Air Force flight surgeon wants to promote healthy strategies for patients (HSPH Features, May 13, 2013)
- Why epidemiologists should get involved with policy (HSPH Feature, May 13, 2013)
- Two takes on the Oregon Medicaid study (New England Journal of Medicine, May 7, 2013)
- HSPH student Ali Chisti aims to improve health—and health care access—in rural Oregon (HSPH Feature, May 6, 2013)
- Years of preparation helped Boston respond to Marathon tragedy (New England Journal of Medicine, May 2, 2013)
- Setting health priorities: Strategy versus tactics (PSI Impact Magazine, April 5, 2013)
- Rising death rates at rural hospitals suggest need for improvements (MedPage Today and CBS NewsHour, April 4, 2013)
- Report finds states with highest gun violence have weakest gun laws (New York Times, April 4, 2013)
- Budget ‘sequestration’ will hurt vital health care functions (NEJM and Boston Globe, March 22, 2013)
- A call for better governance in global health (New England Journal of Medicine, March 11, 2013)
- Translating epidemiology research into real-world policy changes (HSPH Feature, March 6, 2013)
- Measuring the effectiveness of public health interventions (HSPH Feature, February 11, 2013)
- Study of Oregon health insurance experiment wins award (Academy Health, February 7, 2013)
- Debating hospital readmissions penalties and ‘pay for performance’ (Boston Globe and New York Times, January 28, 2013)
- Panel recommends VA take recent veterans’ health complaints seriously (NBC News and U.S. News & World Report, January 25, 2013)
- U.S. governors mixed on Medicaid expansion (NEJM and Reuters, January 24, 2013)
- Consumers may need help navigating health insurance exchanges (Health Affairs, January 7, 2013)
- Study reveals complexities of disclosing and compensating for medical mistakes (Health Affairs, December 3, 2012)
- Measuring the effectiveness of public health interventions (HSPH Feature, February 11, 2013)
- Surgical safety checklist, paired with training, lowers complications after high-risk operations (HSPH Feature, February 7, 2013)
- Home visits offer window into mother, infant well-being (HSPH Feature, December 21, 2012)
- Experts discuss similarities, differences between U.S., India health systems (HSPH Feature, December 14, 2012)
- Insurance Expansion Improving Health, Preventing Medical Bankruptcies in Mexico (The Economist, November 24, 2012)
- In Pursuit of Clinical Research Career, Surgeon Follows in Parents’ Footsteps (HSPH Feature, November 13, 2012)
- Report: Integrated Care Should be National Priority for Patient Safety, Health System Efficiency (National Patient Safety Foundation press release, October 22, 2012)
- Health Care Policy Under a President Romney (New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 2012)
- New Patient-Centered Vision Emerging in U.S. Primary Care (Boston.com, September 14, 2012)
- U.S. Health Care System Needs Reform Now, Says Expert Panel (MSNBC, September 6, 2012)
- Massachusetts’ Health Care Reform Experience Holds Lessons for National Effort (HSPH Feature, September 5, 2012)
- New IOM Report: Demanding Value from Our Health Care System (Summer 2012)
- Implementing Insurance Exchanges: U.S. Policy Makers Can Learn from Europe (New England Journal of Medicine, featured in the Washington Post, August 23, 2012)
- Assess Drug Risks and Benefits Over Time, Keep Study Participants Informed, Report Recommends (New England Journal of Medicine, August 23, 2012)
- Medicaid Expansion Debated as Presidential Campaign Heats Up (NPR’s Morning Edition, August 13, 2012)
- Mobile Phones Help Community Health Care Workers Diagnose, Treat Patients (HSPH Feature, August 8, 2012)
- Health Care System Can Learn from Restaurant Chain (NPR’s Morning Edition, August 7, 2012)
- Consumer Information Unlikely to Contribute to Lower Health Care Costs in Massachusetts (Boston Globe, August 1, 2012)
- Impact of Medicaid on Health of the Poor (New York Times editorial, July 28, 2012)
- New Tool Predicts Which Doctors Most Likely to Face Patient Complaints (HSPH Feature, July 26, 2012)
- Presidential Election Will Be Decisive Moment for Health Care Reform (HSPH Feature, July 26, 2012)
- Hot Topics Lecture: Paul Farmer On Best Ways to Boost Health Care in Poor Countries (HSPH Feature, July 18, 2012)
- Impact of Hospital Rankings Eyed (WBUR radio, July 17, 2012)
- Federal Payment Changes May Harm Hospitals Serving Poor (Chicago Tribune, July 16, 2012)
- After Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling, Expert Panelists Discuss Politics, Costs, More (HSPH Feature, June 29, 2012)
- HSPH Experts on Health Care Ruling: Good News; More Work to Do (HSPH Feature, June 28, 2012)
- Poll: Eight of Ten Massachusetts Patients Find Health Care Costs a Serious Problem (WBUR, June 11, 2012)
- Hospitals Now Receiving Letter Grades for Patient Safety (Boston Globe, June 6, 2012)
- The State of Health Care Reform in Massachusetts (WGBH’s “Need to Know” show, June 1, 2012)
- Can Massachusetts Reign in Health Care Costs? (The Washington Post, May 30, 2012)
- Four HSPH Faculty Weigh In on Affordable Care Act (Harvard Crimson, May 24, 2012)
- While Americans Debate Universal Health, Other Nations Adopt Coverage for All (Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2012)
- Harsh Immigration Policies May Undermine Public Safety, Study Finds (HSPH Feature, May 2, 2012)
- IOM Panel: FDA Should Continue to Carefully Monitor Approved Drugs (Institute of Medicine report, May 1, 2012)
- ‘Permanent’ patients linger in hospitals (NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams, April 25, 2012)
- Dean Frenk, Visiting Fellow de Ferranti list key elements of successful health reform in New York Times op-ed (New York Times April 5, 2012)
- HSPH health policy experts weigh in on Supreme Court hearings on Affordable Care Act (March 26-28, 2012)
- HSPH faculty contribute to Affordable Care Act brief generating Supreme Court buzz (March 26-28, 2012)
- The legal battle over health care reform (HSPH Feature, March 16, 2012)
- Students take sides in legal battle over health care reform with no insurance (HSPH Feature, March 5, 2012)
- Profs. Rosenthal, Brennan named to National Commission on Physician Payment Reform (March 5, 2012)
- More drugs being approved for rare diseases in kids (Reuters Health, February 28, 2012)
- Health care reform will change individual health insurance, but won’t destroy insurance companies(Boston.com, February 26, 2012)
- Panel sidesteps controversy on draft for comparative effectiveness research (Kaiser Health News, January 23, 2012)
- Many uninsured in Massachusetts likely eligible for public health insurance programs (WBUR’sCommonHealth, December 13, 2011)
- Why no Vermont-style health system transformation in Massachusetts? (Boston.com, December 12, 2012)
- Single-payer health system under consideration in Vermont could be model for U.S. (Harvard Crimson, December 7, 2011)
- Patient safety expert calls on health care institutions to better manage adverse events (November 15, 2011)
- HSPH’s John McDonough launches new Boston Globe health blog (October 2011)
- Ensuring health care insurance (Boston Globe, Oct. 31, 2011)
- Poll: Mass. government should take action on health care costs (WBUR’s Common Health blog October 21, 2011)
- Surgery common among elderly Medicare patients at end of life (The Lancet, October 6, 2011)
- Worst hospitals treat twice as many elderly minority and poor patients as best hospitals (U.S. News & World Report, October 6, 2011)
- Should health professionals have coaches? (New Yorker, October 3, 2011)
- Rising health care costs mean lower wages (Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Oct. 1, 2011)
- Veteran’s Health Administration Hospital patients “rebound” as often as patients at private hospitals(Washington Post, September 11, 2011)
- Aspirin, angioplasty and proton beam therapy: The economics of smarter health care spending (HSPH Feature, August, 25, 2011)
- Patient safety experts call for shorter resident physician shifts (Reuters, July 24, 2011)
- Efforts by HSPH Dean Julio Frenk and colleagues to fight cancer in the developing world highlighted in Science magazine special issue (March 25 issue)
- Single-payer health system under consideration in Vermont could be model for U.S. (New England Journal of Medicine, March 16, 2011)
- Experts at HSPH Forum debate effectiveness of mammograms for breast cancer screening (Harvard Gazette, March 9, 2011)
- President Obama’s decision to allow states more flexibility in implementing health insurance reform law offers window into future bargaining (Kaiser Health News, March 8, 2011)
- Asking patients to pay more for health care may not reduce costs, could be harmful to vulnerable populations (report and web seminar by HSPH’s Katherine Swartz, February 2011)
- Biking in cycle tracks safer than cycling in the road (Businessweek.com, February 18, 2011)
- David Gergen gives insider’s view of policy-making to HSPH students (HSPH video, February 15, 2011)
- Millions of Americans will ‘churn’ in and out of coverage under Affordable Care Act (NPR’s Marketplaceand in Healthday, February 3, 2011)
- Accountable care organizations offer providers cost-savings, greater efficiency (The New York Times, January 27, 2011)
- HSPH health policy experts discuss implications of proposed Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan merger (January 25 coverage featuring HSPH’s Nancy Turnbull and Meredith Rosenthal)
- Health Reform News: HSPH prof recommends single-payer health care system for Vermont (Vermont Public Radio, January 20, 2011)
- Lowering medical costs by providing better care (NPR, January 19, 2011)
- Hospitals treating high number of heart failure patients see better outcomes than low-volume hospitals, but at higher cost for cCare (Reuters, January 18, 2011)
- Gawande talks health reform with NPR, Colbert Report (NPR’s On Point Radio, January 4, 2011)
- Health care rationed in U.S., HSPH ethicist says (Public Radio International’s The World, December 17, 2010)
- Reforming Vermont’s health care system won’t be cheap, says HSPH prof (Vermont Public Radio, December 16, 2010)
- Health policy news: Can Medicaid successfully enroll the uninsured? (CurrentMedicine.tv, November 27, 2010)
- Institute of Medicine head Harvey Fineberg discusses growing disease burden in developing nations (Harvard Gazette, November 10, 2010)
- Health policy: Experts debate future of U.S. health care reform law (Reuters, November 5, 2010)
- Health care law: What are the new rules? (Video interview, Fox25 Boston, September 24, 2010)
- Toxic chemicals used to build older Mass. schools (Fox 25/MyFoxBoston.com, September 17, 2010)
- Surgical checklist improves quality of care and reduces costs (Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release, September 8, 2010)