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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

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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
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The Year in Harvard Medical School Science

Reflecting on research discoveries reported in 2024

A grid of 9 images represents top HMS science articles from 2024. They show two surgeons at work; a spot circled on a lung X-ray; health care providers seen from above; a target with pills scattered across it; cells colored purple and aqua under a microscope; illustration of lungs; a mouse brain with a cluster of green cells; mosquitoes; and a vial of blood labeled “BRCA Genetic Test.”

Resident Physicians’ Exam Scores Tied to Patient Survival

New analysis finds tests for new doctors can measure what matters — the life and health of patients

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Low-income people have heightened heart attack death risk in 6 world health systems

Health disparities persist even with universal health care, strong social safety nets

5 min read
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Room for Improvement

Study points to need for improvement in heart attack outcomes across high-income nations

6 min read
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Lifesaving Care

Solving primary care shortages could have life-saving benefits

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COVID-19 Costs Primary Care Billions

Overall, the U.S. primary care sector will lose nearly $15 billion due to a decrease in visits during the pandemic

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Hospital Mergers and Quality of Care

The quality of care at hospitals acquired in recent wave of consolidation stayed the same or got worse

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Primary Care Declines in America

First national study tracking primary care use over last decade raises concern

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A Look at the Future

Alumni Day Symposium analyzes physicians’ changing world

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Rally Round

What can be done to bolster the dwindling number of rural physicians?

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