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11 Harvard Medical School Researchers, Educators Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Faculty honored for achievements in biomedical science, patient care, health policy, medical education

2 min read
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What Medicare’s Oncology Care Model Has Taught Us About Value-Based Care

Health care policy researcher Nancy Keating discusses two new studies that suggest the short-lived experiment was more successful than previously thought

5 min read
Illustration of a patient’s chart in the doctor’s office

Why Federal Funding for Health Care Policy Research Matters

Nicole Maestas on how cuts threaten quality, sustainability of care

4 min read
A backlit photo showing health care providers walking up a hallway away from the camera. The unsettling lighting and motion blur convey a sense of unease.

Preapproval Requirement for Oral Anticancer Drugs May Interfere with Treatment

New analysis raises concerns over delays, risk that some patients may discontinue medication

4 min read
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Health Boost

Study links southern states’ Medicaid expansion with better health status

A hand fitting a puzzle piece adorned with the word "medicaid" into a back-lit jigsaw puzzle.
Harvard Medicine magazine

May I Take Your Order?

Choices made by patients generate conversations and catalyze actions that could reshape health care

Top of guest check used to take food orders in restaurants

Birth Control Boom

Demand for long-acting contraception rose sharply after 2016 election

Abstracted close-up of an IUD.

A Call to Preserve Cancer Care

How has Obamacare affected services, access and care for patients with cancer?

A Call to Preserve Cancer Care

Leading Roles

Workshop at HMS cultivates female faculty in academic medicine

Leading Roles