Executive Summary Productivity in the United States’ health care industry is declining – and has been ever since World War II. As the cost of treating patients continues to rise, life expectancies in America are beginning to fall. But there is mounting evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) can begin to reverse the downward spiral in… Read More »
Among people who have health insurance, managing the costs of their medical care doesn’t rank as a top frustration. Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. consumers’ frustrations — above managing the costs of care not covered by insurance. And maintaining good… Read More »
On his first day at the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center, in 1968, Dr. Roger Sweet got a phone call. “Where are you?” the voice on the other end demanded. “Who is this?” “I’m the nurse at the high school. You’re supposed to be doing physicals.” Sweet headed to the high school, where he found 40… Read More »
Three years after local doctors in Flint, Michigan, warned of dangerously high lead levels in children, at least 4 million U.S. households still are exposed to high levels of lead as about half a million kids have tested positive for lead in their blood, the Centers for Disease Control said. A significant number of children… Read More »