In a study published in JAMA International Medicine, researchers from Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy found that several social and clinical statistics, not included in Medicare’s calculation of readmission rates, explain nearly half the difference of readmissions between the best and worst performing hospitals. J. Michael McWilliams, associate professor of health care policy, is senior author, and Michael Barnett, research fellow in medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is lead author of the study.
Although money may be the last thing a parent worries about after a child is diagnosed with cancer, new research shows that a cancer diagnosis can take a significant toll on a family’s financial well-being, too. Kira Bona, instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is lead author of the study.
According to a new study by Harvard researchers, the vast majority of yohimbe sold as a dietary supplement by mainstream retailers in the United States is mislabeled in a way that could pose a safety risk to consumers. Pieter Cohen, assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, is lead author of the study.
Regular text message reminders can help people with heart disease stick to a healthier lifestyle, Australian researchers report. Elliott Antman, associate dean for clinical and translational research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Cure Forward, a web service that seeks to connect cancer patients with clinical trials, opened its service to patients and physicians for the first time on Tuesday. Irene Ghobrial, associate professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is quoted.
The best way to ease the regulatory burden on U.S. academic researchers is to create another layer of bureaucracy. That surprising conclusion is the top recommendation in a report out today by a National Academies committee that Congress asked to examine the current regulatory jungle confronting universities that receive federal research dollars. Barbara Bierer, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
Tenley Albright, lecturer on surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
With child deaths more than doubling in four years, is the state failing to learn lessons? Eli Newberger, assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
Two universities ask journal to retract paper that allegedly violated a collaboration agreement. James Jeiwen Chou, professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, is quoted.
