Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms September 22, 2025 Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
Family Van Shows How Mobile Health Clinics Can Save Lives, Money September 16, 2025 But federal funding cuts put the brakes on project to improve national health care access
How Buying Primary Care on the Free Market Adds to Doctor Shortages June 24, 2025 Health care policy researcher discusses the pros and cons of concierge medicine
Why Federal Funding for Health Care Policy Research Matters June 5, 2025 Nicole Maestas on how cuts threaten quality, sustainability of care
Why Finding a Primary Care Doctor Is So Hard January 31, 2025 Harvard Medical School physician-researcher diagnoses the problem and offers a plan for a cure
Is a Global Pandemic Prevention Pact Within Reach? May 17, 2024 Harvard Medical School expert says agreement must address ‘egregious’ problems
Telemedicine Can Change Care for the Better — With the Right Rules April 16, 2024 With pandemic-era rules set to expire, the future of remote medicine is in flux
What Happens When Private Equity Takes Over a Hospital December 26, 2023 New analysis shows alarming increase in patient complications
Preapproval Requirement for Oral Anticancer Drugs May Interfere with Treatment December 12, 2023 New analysis raises concerns over delays, risk that some patients may discontinue medication
The Health and Economic Toll of Gun Violence in Youth November 6, 2023 Study details the physical, mental, and financial toll of gunshot injuries and deaths in children
A Fourth of U.S. Health Visits Now Delivered by Non-Physicians September 14, 2023 Health care provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants expected to rise
Half of World’s Population Will Experience a Mental Health Disorder July 31, 2023 Large-scale study sheds new light on major health problem