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No improvement in patient outcomes seen in hospitals with pay-for-performance programs
With Pay-for-Performance Expanding Across U.S. Under Affordable Care Act, Policymakers Should Focus on Creating Incentive Program That Works For immediate release: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Boston, MA – Paying hospitals to improve their quality of care, known as…
Feds face challenges in launching health exchange
Coverage in the National Journal, December 19, 2011, featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Health reform in the crosshairs
Coverage in the Harvard Gazette, December 19, 2011, of HSPH Forum event
Analysis: Wyden-Ryan plan could neutralize Medicare in 2012 election
Coverage in Kaiser Health News, December 15, 2011, featuring HSPH's Robert Blendon
Many uninsured in Massachusetts likely eligible for public health insurance programs
HSPH Prof. Nancy Turnbull recently wrote a post on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog about why many low-income Massachusetts residents remain uninsured. Citing data from a new report by the state’s Health Connector and the Department of Revenue, Turnbull wrote…
Patient safety expert calls on health care institutions to better manage adverse events
In the seventeen years since Boston Globe health columnist Betsy Lehman died due to a medication error at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the institution has transformed its culture, according to a November 15, 2011, Boston.com blog post by…
Building trust and collaboration in health care
November 14, 2011 -- Ten years ago, when David Shore first began offering a program for health care executives on how to lead their organizations through change, he asked participants a question: If the U.S. health care system is so good—with…
Treating trauma patients in Libya, advancing health care in rural Nepal: HSPH alumni share experiences
Catherine Mullaly, MPH ’10, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was working in a Libyan hospital on October 20, 2011, as rebels took control of the Libyan city of Sirte and the country’s ruler Moammar Gadhafi was…
Poll finds Americans pessimistic about country's health, favor more government health spending
A new poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that a majority of Americans—52 percent—prefer increased government spending on health services, while 37 percent support a smaller government providing fewer…
Health care in China: Progress made, more needed
China has made great progress on health care but still has much work to do. In a November 1, 2011 New York Times opinion piece, Yuanli Liu, senior lecturer on international health at the Harvard School of Public…