Tag: David Studdert

  • Campus & Community

    HSPH examines government role in health disparities

    Health officials from Mexico, Sweden, England, and the United States compared notes on health reforms March 4 at a symposium designed to illuminate the role of government in addressing health disparities. The event was the first in a series of three symposia this spring that will examine the issue of health disparities and government. Harvard…

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  • Health

    Study casts doubt on claims that the medical malpractice system is plagued by frivolous lawsuits

    The debate over medical malpractice litigation, which raged during the last presidential campaign, continues as a hot-button political and health care issue in the U.S. The Senate is expected to vote soon on legislation to impose a federal cap on noneconomic damages in malpractice suits, following on similar bills that passed the House of Representatives…

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  • Science & Tech

    Physicians who are experts on managed care avoid enrolling in HMOs

    Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and RAND surveyed 279 professors at 17 universities across the country who were prominent experts in managed care to find out their preferences when selecting health plans for themselves and their families. The researchers also surveyed “controls,” consisting of other professors at the same institutions who did…

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  • Science & Tech

    No-fault compensation for medical injury proposed

    Three jumbo jets filled with patients crashing every two days — that’s the analogy for the number of patients estimated to die annually from medical injury in the U.S. A big part of the problem is that the current malpractice system for compensating victims of medical injury does little to encourage hospitals to voluntarily report…

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