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Underscoring the results of existing studies, new research has found that social networks can have a much bigger impact on health behaviors than previously suspected. The study, published in the New Read more...

Harvard Medical School, the ultimate elite educational institution, will begin offering a discount on its tuition to some students, a step that observers say may ripple out into other institutions. Read more...

> Efforts to bring more specialists to Florida's EDs seem to be at an impasse, with hospitals reluctant to form a specialist-sharing network. Read more...

With emergency departments under increasing strain, patients are waiting significantly longer for care than they did in the past, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School researchers. Read more...

A new study by Harvard-affiliated researchers has drawn a conclusion which, if widely accepted, could shift the dialog on the use of pharma-provided drug samples. The study has concluded that while Read more...

Ideally, Medicaid beneficiaries who enroll in a managed care plan would get the same care as anyone in a commercial plan. Unfortunately, however, that's not how it actually works today, according to Read more...

A new study suggests that when chronically-ill uninsured adults age into Medicare eligibility, they're sicker than adults who had commercial insurance when they entered Medicare. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, found formerly uninsured adults were hospitalized more often and had greater medical expenses through at least age 72.

The study, conducted by Dr. John Z. Ayanian of Harvard Medical School, looked at 9,760 adults who were 51- to …

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 New England Journal editor talks reform
New England Journal of Medicine editor and Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Arnold Relman has staked out his position on health reform. In a recent interview, Relman discusses why he believes non-profits and for-profits aren't so different, why he thinks most doctors should be on salary. And, he sees a single-payer system as the best way to overhaul healthcare delivery. Interview

It's been a pretty dramatic tenure for Paul Levy, CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Levy, former executive dean for administration at Harvard Medical School, is widely credited with BIDMC's turnaround from hemorrhaging money and staff to making a profit.  Now Levy is hoping to make an even more challenging shift--to change the customer service culture throughout his sprawling facility. Article

> Another health plan deal will roll ahead. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice antitrust division have approved the merger of two large Pennsylvania health plans, Independence Blue Cross and Highmark. Article

> Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital are partnering with an AIDS group to create a pediatric HIV care and treatment center in …

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