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Hospital pilot sites demonstrate surgical safety checklist drops deaths and complications by more than one third
Dramatic Findings Spur Effort at Rapid Implementation in Most American Hospitals; Nationwide Programs Already Established in Four Countries For immediate release: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Boston, MA - A collection of hospitals in eight cities around the globe…
Health provisions among public's top priorities for economic stimulus
Health Reform Rated Among Top Priorities For New President And Congress, Insurance Regulations Stand Out For Broad Bipartisan Support Initial Positive Reaction To Many Key Elements Of Health Reform, But Support Could Erode During A Debate About Tradeoffs…
Results from pre-election surveys published in NEJM show deep concerns about state of health care with McCain and Obama supporters differing sharply on directions for new administration
For immediate release: Thursday, October 30, 2008 With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine,…
On key policy areas, majority of voters say presidential election outcome will make a great deal of difference
For immediate release: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a new survey…
Four in ten voters don't see either Obama's or McCain's health care plan as better for them
For immediate release: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a new survey…
Health discrimination
Michelle Mello, Professor of Law and Public Health, on whether insurers and employers can discriminate against people on the basis of personal health behaviors. (September 2008, 11:57) Please click the player icon above to play this podcast in…
A simple checklist that saves lives
[ Fall 2008 ] Fighter pilots use checklists to avoid deadly errors. Why not surgeons, too? So complex was the new B-17 bomber introduced during World War II that a star aviator crashed the mighty aircraft during its demonstration flight.…
Health insurance and Uncle Sam
[ Fall 2008 ] A proposal to make health care more affordable Though we Americans bicker about how best to fix our health care system, on this, most agree: The system is fundamentally unfair and fails to deliver good value…
2008 Alumni Award of Merit winners
[ Fall 2008 ] Standouts in public health tend to view big problems as boulders that must be rolled uphill, however steep those hills might be. This year’s recipients of the Alumni Award of Merit have each approached serious health…
Guns and suicide: A fatal link
[ Spring 2008 ] In the United States, suicides outnumber homicides almost two to one. Perhaps the real tragedy behind suicide deaths—about 30,000 a year, one for every 45 attempts—is that so many could be prevented. Research shows that whether…