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An ‘Epic’ pushback as U.S. prepares for new era of empowering patient health data
Epic, the largest electronic health record company in the U.S., launched an effort last week to persuade hospital CEOs across the country to fight recent efforts by the federal government to ensure that patients can easily access their electronic health data.
Source: STAT
26 Jan 2020
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YSPH Collaborating with China to Develop New Medical Payment Models
Improving China’s medical payment models was the topic of discussion when Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten H. Vermund traveled to Beijing in January 2019 to meet with officials from China’s National Health Commission as part of the country’s ongoing healthcare reform efforts.
8 May 2019
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Zack Cooper Receives Carnegie Fellowship to Support Research on Drug Pricing
Health economist Zack Cooper, associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health and in the Department of Economics, is one of 32 recipients of this year’s Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
24 Apr 2019
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Medicare for All Is Even Better Than You Thought
Previous estimates suggested that Medicare for All would save $2 trillion. But it's even better: a new study finds that Bernie Sanders's bill would save $5.1 trillion — while providing universal, comprehensive coverage.
Source: Jacobin
4 Dec 2018
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Community input sought in New Haven diversion program
Nearly a year after the city implemented its harm reduction program, LEAD, it’s reaching out to involve the community in the effort. Sophie Wheelock, a master's of public health candidate t at the Yale School of Public Health worked on a report presented to the community in September.
Source: Chron
24 Oct 2018
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Yale joins the ‘surge’ to prepare African scientists to lead HIV treatment and prevention
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world, with an estimated 7.1 million infected individuals. National and global commitment to a “surge” — rapid expansion of HIV/AIDS and TB treatment and prevention throughout the country — will significantly increase the demand for researchers with expertise in areas such as implementation science who can define best practices and influence effective policy.
18 Jul 2018
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Infant Health is the Top Priority
Breastfeeding (BF) support is one of the most cost-effective interventions to advance mother–child health worldwide. Large-scale BF support may prevent 11.6% of infant deaths and improves cognitive development. Read the joint statement from Dean Sten Vermund and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla.
16 Jul 2018
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FDA increasingly approves drugs without conclusive proof they work
As pharma companies underwrite three-fourths of the FDA’s budget for scientific reviews, the agency is increasingly fast-tracking expensive drugs with significant side effects and unproven health benefits.
Source: PBS News Hour
26 Jun 2018
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Viral Suppression Helps Lower Risk for Many Types of Cancer, Study Finds.
A new study by the Yale School of Public Health and partner institutions is the first to examine the potential cancer prevention benefits of prolonged periods of HIV viral suppression, resulting from antiretroviral therapy, for persons living with HIV.
20 Jun 2018
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Yale School of Public Health to Offer Online Climate Change and Health Certificate
The Yale School of Public Health will offer a new 18-week, online certificate program on climate change and health beginning in September 2018-the first online certificate program focused on this topic offered by a U.S. school of public health.
15 May 2018
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New cancer immunotherapy drugs rapidly reach patients after approval
The majority of patients eligible for cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors received treatment within a few months of FDA approval, according to a new Yale-led study. The finding suggests that cancer immunotherapies are adopted at a much quicker pace than is typical for newly approved medical treatments, the researchers said. However, patients receiving the therapies are older than those in the clinical trials used to evaluate them, pointing to a disconnect between research and practice that should be addressed, they noted.
10 May 2018
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Yale-developed plan to curb opioid overdose crisis helps state, nation
The opioid addiction and overdose epidemic continues to take the lives of too many Americans. Of the nearly 64,000 overdose deaths reported in 2016, almost two-thirds involved a prescription or illicit opioid. Yale faculty have confronted the crisis in myriad ways, including research that impacts policy and medical practice.
30 Apr 2018
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Yale School of Public Health to co-host conference on advances in health policy and healthcare in China and the United States
A conference Advances in Health Policy and Healthcare: The Road Ahead, will take place at the Yale School of Public Health on May 11-13, 2018.
20 Apr 2018
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Low-cost anti-hookworm drug boosts female farmers’ physical fitness
Impoverished female farm workers infected with intestinal parasites known as hookworms saw significant improvements in physical fitness when they were treated with a low-cost deworming drug. The benefits were seen even in those with low level infections, according to a study co-authored by researchers at Yale and the nonprofit company InnovationsCZ.
10 Apr 2018
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Scientist, Journalist and Filmmaker Converge on YSPH to Explore the Threat of Climate Change
Climate change was in the air Wednesday as three separate speakers-a scholar, journalist, and a filmmaker-converged at the Yale School of Public Health to explore the implications of climate change on human health in the coming decades.
5 Apr 2018
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Update on Yale’s Primary Health Care Transformation Initiative in Ethiopia
In 2016, a team from Yale’s Global Health Leadership Institute partnered with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health to launch the Primary Health Care Transformation Initiative (PTI). Since its inception, PTI has seen improvements in management systems. Those successes have since led to an expansion of the program to impact 331 districts by the end of 2019, serving a population of 47 million people.
19 Feb 2018
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Affordable Care Act lowered uninsured rate for cancer survivors
The percentage of cancer survivors without health insurance decreased substantially after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), reports a study in the March issue of Medical Care, published by Wolters Kluwer. Cancer survivors eligible for Medicaid expansion under the ACA had the greatest decrease in uninsured rate, according to the new research by Amy J. Davidoff, PhD, of Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Conn., and colleagues. They write, "ACA implementation was associated with large coverage gains in targeted expansion groups, including cancer survivors, but additional progress is needed."
Source: Eurekaalert
15 Feb 2018
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Long-dreaded Amazon threat to drug middlemen draws closer
Amazon.com is joining with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to form a new health-care business, an attempt by three of the world's best-known companies to contain the spiraling cost of keeping their U.S. workers healthy. Zach Cooper, an economist at the Yale School of Public Health, wonders if this new initiative will succeed.
Source: Chicago Tribune
30 Jan 2018
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Yale & ACS paper makes it to The Most Discussed and Shared JCO Articles of 2017
A study published by Yale COPPER Center’s Amy J. Davidoff, PhD and colleagues at the American Cancer Society (ACS) has made it to The Most Discussed and Shared JCO Articles of 2017, a list of the top-10 articles with the highest Altmetric Attention Scores, which measure the quality and quantity of online attention received.
17 Jan 2018
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Fracking's Fallout: An interview with YSPH's Nicole Deziel
Nicole Deziel, M.H.S., Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Her research focuses on exposure to environmental toxins and the possible health consequences associated hydraulic fracturing.
16 Jan 2018