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NewsBeth Israel, Milton Hospital strike affiliation deal
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Milton Hospital, both in Massachusetts, officially affiliated in what now is called Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, a deal that went into effect on Read more...
Doctors, nurses out of touch with patient expectations
With patient satisfaction becoming increasingly important in healthcare, a new study published in the British Medical Journal: Quality and Safety suggests that providers may not be tapped into Read more...
Harvard docs punished for conflict of interest violations; ties to pharma
Physicians and drug makers walk a fine line when it comes to their relationships with each other. For three psychiatrists affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Read more...
Study: Pay-for-performance doesn't work
Pay-for-performance initiatives that tie better outcomes to financial incentives for physicians don't work, according to a study published recently in the British Medical Journal. The finding comes Read more...
Harvard uses $30M gift to address primary care
Amid concerns that Harvard Medical School--and various other medical schools nationwide, for that matter--haven't been doing enough to promote the importance of primary care, an anonymous gift of $30 Read more...
Plagiarism: What will doctors who faked their pasts lie about in the future?
By now you've probably all heard about the plagiarism study that came out of Brigham and Women's Hospital this week. Like so many others, I was shocked and dismayed to hear the results of the Read more...
Harvard Medical School tightens conflict-of-interest rules up another notch
It's getting harder to buy Harvard Medical School faculty, now that it has released a stricter conflict-of-interest policy. The new policy requires faculty to disclose financial interests on a new Read more...
New CMS Chief: Berwick would bring renewed focus to patient safety, quality improvement
Lowering healthcare costs while expanding access has been the talk of the town in Washington, but the chatter circulating today has placed renewed emphasis on patient safety and quality improvement Read more...
Lilly exec will explore links to industry at Harvard
An executive with Eli Lilly has accepted a job with Harvard Medical School that will entail studying the relationship between the school's researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. William Chin, Read more...
Physicians delay end-of-life talks to keep hope alive
Physicians tend to procrastinate on end-of-life talks with terminally ill patients, sometimes to the point where no other treatment options are available, a recent survey of doctors nationwide Read more...
| Press ReleasesChildren’s Hospital Boston Joins the Alternative Quality ContractHospital and physicians agree to rate freeze for 2012 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), Children’s Hospital Boston, Children’s Physicians’ Organization and Read more >> Studies Show that EarlySense’s Contact-Free Patient Monitoring System Effectively Helps Hospital Patients Avoid Pressure UStudy data published in the December 2011 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EarlySense, a market leader in proactive patient care solutions, announced today Read more >> Aetna and the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School Announce Research Collaboration-- Researchers will use bioinformatics techniques to recommend more targeted health care treatments -- HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the Center for Biomedical Informatics Read more >> Researchers at Harvard University Report the Adoption of UpToDate® by Hospitals is Directly Associated with Shortening PatEasily-Implemented Clinical Knowledge System is Associated with Saving 11,500 Lives over a Three-Year Period WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New research published today in the Journal of Hospital Read more >> NinePoint Medical Announces New Data Presented on Innovative Optical Frequency Domain Imaging Technology at 19th UEGData Highlights First Image-Guided Biopsy of the Esophagus by Optical Frequency Domain Imaging in Patients CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the Read more >> |
