The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 promises to trigger an explosion in the use of electronic health records through direct payments to health providers. While the privacy concerns related to electronic health records (EHR) have been discussed at length, little attention has been given to the impact EHR might have on a provider’s…
Jeff Crowley, the White House Director of National AIDS Policy and Senior Advisor on Disability Policy, visited Harvard Law School to speak about the Obama Administration’s agendas for health reform, developing a national AIDS strategy, addressing health disparities, and disability rights. Mr. Crowley addressed the issue of health reform, noting that it dominates the Obama…
Universal health insurance may be on the horizon, but a growing body of empirical research has shown that, even for those who enjoy health insurance, medical crises can push families to the financial brink, causing them to load up credit cards, miss work, forgo additional care, lose their homes to foreclosures, and even declare bankruptcy.…
Presentation Returns to Physician Human Capital: Analyzing Patients Randomized to Physician Teams Joseph Doyle
Amidst this larger debate about drug prices and pharmaceutical innovation, there is a growing consensus of a need for reform in the industry and how it is regulated. The substance of the necessary reforms remains subject to great debate, however, and the policies chosen by Congress are likely to have significant consequences for the public.…
Presentation Long-standing influenza vaccination policy is in accord with individual self-interest but not with the utilitarian optimum Alison Galvani
Presentation Understanding Differences in Health Behaviors by Education Adriana Lleras-Muney
On the occasion of publication of a new book on physician conscience clauses written by Holly Fernandez Lynch, this panel examined the legal and ethical aspects of the current debates surrounding physicians and health care practitioner’s rights to refuse to perform legally permissible medical procedures on the grounds of moral objections. The author of Conflicts…
Presentation Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning in the World of Health Care Theodore Marmor
Presentation Radical Cognitive Limitation Jeff McMahan
