Related Topics
Dean's message: Health and wealth
[ Fall 2012 ] The cover story in this issue of Harvard Public Health explores one of the most complicated intersections in policymaking: the nexus of public health and the economy. With the November U.S. elections just two…
Prevailing winds
[ Fall 2012 ] A decades-long fight to bring clean air standards in line with environmental health science offers lessons for today. On a raw January day in Washington, DC, Douglas Dockery climbed Capitol Hill on his way…
Working the system
[ Fall 2012 ] As director of the second-largest health department in Washington State, Anthony Chen, MPH ’06, tackles all the issues—from infections to inequities—that shape people’s health. The elderly Taiwanese man had been Anthony Chen’s patient for…
U.S. health care system needs reform now, says expert panel
New IOM report cites 75,000 unnecessary deaths, $750 billion wasted Problems in the U.S. health care system pose a serious threat to Americans’ health and economic security, according to a report by the Institute of Medicine issued September…
Massachusetts’ health care reform experience holds lessons for national effort
Massachusetts’ six years of experience with health care reform holds valuable lessons for the nation as it prepares to begin fully implementing the Affordable Care Act in 2014. In a September 5, 2012 article in the New England…
Tufts, Vanguard to launch new health insurance program
Coverage on WBUR featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull, August 31, 2012
Implementing insurance exchanges: U.S. policy makers can learn from Europe
A key part of the healthcare reforms in the Affordable Care Act are state-based health insurance exchanges. Beginning in January 2014 individuals and small employers will be able to compare and purchase health plans through their state’s exchange.…
Assess drug risks and benefits over time, keep study participants informed, report recommends
Revelations in recent years about health risks from commonly prescribed drugs have heightened awareness that changes are needed to improve the nation’s drug safety system. A recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-sponsored report by the Institute of Medicine…
Medicaid expansion debated as presidential campaign heats up
Is Medicaid, the health care program for low-income Americans, a costly program that doesn’t work well? Or is it an essential program vital to the health of millions? The debate over Medicaid has heightened in the wake of…
Health care system can learn from restaurant chain
The nation’s health care system needs to learn to serve millions of Americans with consistent quality, reasonable cost, and decent service — much like popular chains like the Cheesecake Factory have learned to do in the restaurant world,…