The consolidation of the Massachusetts health care industry continued Thursday as Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center acquired one of the largest remaining independent hospitals in the state, Jordan Health Systems Inc.
We’re not quite at the stage where we can communicate brain to brain with our fellow humans, but we may be on our way to communicating with other species. Or at least controlling them, thanks to a new, non-invasive interface developed by scientists at HMS. Seung-Schik Yoo, HMS associate professor of radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the team.
In biomedical science, at least one thing is apparently reproducible: a steady stream of studies that show the irreproducibility of many important experiments. Peter Sorger, the Krayer professor of systems pharmacology at HMS and head of the new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, is quoted.
Samyukta Mullangi, a fourth-year HMS student, authored this blog post about her experience rotating through the obstetrics and gynecology department at an HMS-affiliated hospital in a family planning clinic, where she learned about contraceptive options and pregnancy terminations.
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient’s cells. In a new development in tissue engineering, they have grown a human-like ear from animal tissue.
Faced with government allegations of improper billing, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center paid $5.3 million Monday to settle claims that it overcharged Medicare by admitting patients who should have been treated less expensively as outpatients.
