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Surgical safety checklist, paired with training, lowers complications after high-risk operations
February 7, 2013 -- Research has shown that using a checklist in operating rooms makes surgery safer and more successful. Now, a new study co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) student and surgeon Scott Ellner found…
Debating hospital readmissions penalties and ‘pay for performance’
A federal policy that penalizes hospitals where patients are more often rehospitalized within 30 days of being discharged unfairly targets hospitals that care for the greatest numbers of poor patients, say two Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
Checklists in operating rooms improve performance during crises
Teams using checklists were 74 percent less likely to miss key life-saving steps in care during emergency situations than those working from memory alone. For immediate release: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Boston, MA — In an airplane crisis—an engine…
Why are Massachusetts hospitals doing fewer angioplasties on heart attack patients?
Article on Boston.com featuring HSPH’s Karen Joynt, October 10, 2012
Heart attack patients in states with public reporting less likely to receive angioplasty
For immediate release: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Boston, MA — Patients entering hospitals with heart attacks in states with mandatory public reporting are less likely to receive angioplasties to fix heart blockages than patients in states without public…
Survival of safety-net hospitals at risk
Coverage on HealthCanal.com of study co-authored by HSPH's Nancy Kane and Sara Singer, September 20, 2012
Technology to play a bigger role in hospital care
Coverage in Los Angeles Times featuring HSPH's Ashish Jha, September 13, 2012
New patient-centered vision emerging in U.S. primary care
“Primary care may just be the most exciting place to be in medicine in the near future,” HSPH Professor John McDonough writes in his latest Health Stew blog post, published September 12, 2012 on Boston.com. New models for…
With profits down, future of Mass. hospitals questioned
Coverage on Boston.com featuring HSPH's Nancy Kane, September 8, 2012
Impact of hospital rankings eyed
Following the release of U.S. News & World Report’s annual 2012-2013 hospital rankings, Ashish Jha, C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor at HSPH, discussed the significance of the rankings for consumers in a July 17, 2012 interview on WBUR…