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Paul Levy - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Paul Levy Location: Boston, Massachusetts Profession: President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fast facts: Prior to becoming president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess in 2002,... Read more...
Atul Gawande - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Atul Gawande Location: Boston, Massachusetts Profession: Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital; staff writer for New Yorker magazine Fast facts: Dr. Gawande also serves as an Associate... Read more...
Grassley wants to see med schools' conflict of interest policies
Continuing his campaign to clean up healthcare industry relationships, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked 23 medical schools to share details on their conflict-of-interest policies. Grassley's... Read more...
Conflict-of-interest policies for med schools a mixed bag
While the number of medical schools attempting to change their conflict-of-interest policy for the better has more than doubled in the last year, more than half of all medical schools' policies are... Read more...
FDA control of tobacco approved by Senate
The Senate approved legislation last week to give the Food and Drug Administration control over, not only the ingredients that go into tobacco products, but also marketing and advertising of such... Read more...
Study: 60 percent of personal bankruptcies fueled by medical bills
Medical bills are a drag on patient finances, there's little doubt; but of late it's been a lot more common for them to be a millstone. In fact, they're a factor in more than 60 percent of U.S.... Read more...
Patient falls challenged as no-pay events
Patients come to hospitals because they're impaired, then are given drugs that while beneficial, may impair their judgment and balance further. This makes patient falls a difficult problem to... Read more...
Partners HealthCare chairman accused of conflict of interest
The chairman of Partners HealthCare, New England's largest healthcare organization, has been accused of conflicts of interest, not so surprising in corporate life, but still noteworthy given the... Read more...
Study: Terminally ill put off talk of hospice
Even when they're clearly at death's door, patients tend to put off conversations about end-of-life decisions, according to a new Harvard Medical School study. The study found that only about half of... Read more...
Study: Reform could reduce health disparities
One sad fact of U.S. medicine is that right now, there's often large differences between the care different racial and socio-economic groups receive. These disparities include differences not only in... Read more...
