Tag: Michael Chernew

  • Nation & World

    More time free from disability

    Harvard researchers are among the co-authors of a new study saying that the increase in life expectancy in the past two decades has been accompanied by an even greater increase in years free of disability, thanks in large measure to improvements in cardiovascular health and declines in vision problems.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Changes to Harvard health care

    In a question-and-answer session, four members of Harvard’s benefits committee explain changes to the University’s health care plans for next year.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Moving beyond health care’s fee-for-service

    Harvard researchers find that global budgets for health care, an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service model of reimbursement, can slow the growth of medical spending and improve the quality of care for patients.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Blumenthal tapped for top spot

    David Blumenthal, the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been named chairman of the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Doubts about health care reform

    A group of Harvard scholars and visiting health care experts offers a pessimistic view of health care reform at a Harvard Medical School symposium.

    4 minutes