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HSPH, HBS students team to develop health-care model for women's development organization in Mexico
July 12, 2011 -- “Poverty and poor health perpetuate each other,” said Callae Snively, a student and SM ’12 candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), on May 2, in Hawes 202 at the Harvard Business…
Medicaid increases use of health care, decreases financial strain, and improves health for recipients
For immediate release: July 7, 2011 Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Providence Health & Services have found that expanding low income adults’…
Inequalities in consumer health spending essential in controlling Mass. health care costs
As the Massachusetts legislature considers ways to control health care costs in the state, inequalities in consumer medical spending need to be part of the debate, says HSPH Associate Dean Nancy Turnbull. Writing for WBUR’s CommonHealth blog, Turnbull…
Patient safety experts call for shorter resident physician shifts
A group of physicians and patient safety experts, including HSPH’s Lucian Leape, adjunct professor of health policy in the Department of Health Policy and Management, have written a report that calls for shorter shifts and increased supervision for…
Romney and health care: In the thick of history
Coverage in the Boston Globe, May 30, 2011 featuring HSPH's John McDonough
Experts lay out future of health IT at PHAT conference
May 5, 2011 -- Paper medical records—the 19th century tools still used by most 21st century medical providers—are a big part of what’s ailing the United States’ health care system, HSPH Assoc. Prof. Ashish Jha told an audience of representatives from…
Why Public Health? Nayana Vootakuru
April 2011 -- In our new series "Why Public Health?" we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose to enter the field. Above, Nayana Vootakuru, an MPH candidate and physician from Australia,…
Conference calls for global focus on the burden of non-communicable diseases of the world's poorest billion
March 23, 2011 -- Ten years ago, attention given to HIV/AIDS at a United Nations special session was followed by the establishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Now, a growing chorus of public health…
Hsiao helps Vermont overhaul its health care system
The economic climate and demographic shifts around the globe have pushed the work of William Hsiao, the K.T. Li professor of economics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), to the forefront of international health policy, impacting millions…
Millions of Americans may churn in and out of health coverage under Affordable Care Act
Millions of Americans could lose insurance for periods of time under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report in Health Affairs co-authored by Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics at HSPH. Under the…