Description The United States spends more on health care than any other country, but high spending often does not translate into improved outcomes, particularly in comparison to health systems in other countries. Are there policies that could help redirect the U.S. health care system? What are the appropriate goals of the health care system? Two…
Presentation Topic: “Delinking Reimbursement” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Rachel E. Sachs is Associate Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law (St. Louis). She is a scholar of innovation policy whose work explores…
The United States leads the world in incarceration. The “War on Drugs” and prioritizing punishment over rehabilitation has led to mass imprisonment, mainly of the nation’s most vulnerable populations: people of color, the economically disadvantaged and undereducated, and those suffering from mental illness. Although these social disparities are striking, the health discrepancies are even more…
Panelists This event was free and open to the public. Learn more about the Health Policy and Bioethics Consortia. The Health Policy and Bioethics Consortia is a monthly series that convenes two international experts from different fields or vantage points to discuss how biomedical innovation and health care delivery are affected by various ethical norms,…
Presentation Topic: “The Shifting Landscape of Prenatal Testing: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Public Health” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Vardit Ravitsky is an Associate Professor in Bioethics Programs in the Department of Social and Preventive…
General Description C-TAC’s 2017 National Summit was the premier event for visionaries in advanced illness care who are actively reshaping the way care is provided. Held in Washington, DC this past November, attendees heard from the greatest minds in the industry and key influencers from a range of specialties including policy, delivery system reform, community…
Presentation Download the Presentation: “From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making: How Patient Decision Aids Can Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Medical Liability Risk” Background Reading: “Certified Patient Decision Aids: Solving Persistent Problems with Informed Consent Law,” The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45 (2017): 12-40. About the Presenter Thaddeus Mason Pope is Professor…
Description Our judiciary and elected officials are getting old. Five of the nine Supreme Court Justices are 67 or older, with two over age 80. The President is 71, the Senate Majority Leader is 75, and the House Minority Leader is 77. Does the public have a right to know whether these officials have been…
Presentation Presentation: “Health Care’s Market Bureaucracy” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Allison K. Hoffman joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School in fall 2017. Hoffman’s research examines the role of regulation and…
In September 2017, MIT Press will publish Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications, co-edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (outgoing Petrie-Flom Executive Director), Barbara Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera. This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought together leading experts to address key ethical and policy issues raised…
