By Christopher Moriates, MD and Neel Shah, MD MPP “The plural of anecdote is policy,” medical historian and health policy expert Dan Fox famously stated....
By Jane Liu The cold ultrasound probe pressed uncomfortably onto my abdomen. “It looks like an ovarian cyst,” the pleasant technician told me, “But of...
By Olivier Van Houtte In March of last year I began and quickly ended a cycling career. In my first race of the weekend...
By Vineet Arora, MD MAPP, Chris Moriates, MD, Andy Levy, MD, and Neel Shah MD MPP Earlier this year, we launched the Teaching Value and...
By Stephanie Schneiderman I’ve spent this summer with Costs of Care looking for stories about the heart – literally and metaphorically. I read through...
By Gabe Sullivan Health costs are one of the greatest financial burdens our country faces today and will continue to face in the coming...
By John Ly, MD “Will you charge me?” he asked quietly, between labored breaths. He sat in the hospital bed with his legs over...
By Robert Dickman, M.D. Imagine my surprise when I learned of my patient’s recent hospitalization at a major medical center in Boston. She was...
By Henry Kimmel, Psy.D. Days from her 80th birthday, “Nancy” (not her real name) is doing well. She’s active, exercises, drives, travels, and lives...