A neurosurgeon returns to Louisiana focused on public health
October 12, 2011 -- Anil Nanda did not really need to seek a master’s degree in public health. He’s quite accomplished in his field already; Nanda is chief of neurosurgery at Shreveport’s Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, an…
Worst hospitals treat twice as many elderly minority and poor patients as best hospitals
According to a new study led by HSPH’s Ashish Jha, the nation’s 178 so-called “worst” hospitals—the lowest-quality, highest-cost institutions—care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation’s 122 “best” hospitals, where…
Health policy news: Can Medicaid successfully enroll the uninsured?
The broad expansion of Medicaid to cover all adults whose family income is below 133% of the federal poverty line is one of two strategies that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls for to expand health…
Epstein named to new GAO Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors
HSPH's Arnold Epstein, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management and John H. Foster professor of health policy and management, is one of 19 members appointed to the Board of Governors for the Government Accountability Office's…
HSPH research on broad determinants of health disparities featured in health affairs
For immediate release: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Four papers by research faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are featured in the March/April issue of the journal Health Affairs, which focuses on racial, ethnic, and other…