STAT

JULY 25, 2024

That’s when thousands of new medical school graduates enter teaching hospitals across the country and provide care to patients as doctors for the first time. “Everything is new and full of possibilities,” said Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

News & World Report   recently issued its 2023-24 Best Hospitals ratings. In very public ways, many colleges, law schools, and medical schools have declined to participate in the U.S. News process, while some hospitals have expressed their desire to abandon the rankings as well.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 19, 2023

A Phase III trial has found that the novel combination antibiotic sulbactam-durlobactam prevents at least as many fatalities of hospital-acquired pneumonia as colistin, the best currently approved treatment. However, with these positive trial results, there is potential for the FDA to approve the new antibiotic.

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STAT

JANUARY 2, 2024

The city would get a brand-new medical school and teaching hospital, and low-income people would get more health care services. Power, politics, and care for the poor in Texas Local officials in Austin, Texas promised twelve years ago that if voters approved millions of dollars in new property taxes, it would be a win-win.

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STAT

APRIL 24, 2024

Equity and inclusion To achieve true equity in medical science “requires us to divest our research from the ivory towers of elite institutions,” said 2023 honoree Jonathan Jackson , executive director of Community Access, Recruitment, and Engagement Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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STAT

JANUARY 2, 2024

You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter  following the flow of money in medicine.    Sign up  to get it in your inbox every Monday. 

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The Physician Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a future physician pharmacist, you are probably wondering how your pharmacy rotation experiences compare to the medical school equivalent. This article will teach you how to survive medical school clerkship and contrast them to your pharmacy education experiences. When do medical students start clinical rotations?

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STAT

OCTOBER 7, 2024

“I’ve won 10 to 20 awards in the last 20 years, but never had a press conference with cameras and nothing like this,” Ruvkun, who along with Victor Ambros received the 2024 award in medicine or physiology on Monday, said at a press conference at Massachusetts General Hospital.   Read the rest…

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STAT

APRIL 24, 2024

health care system to affordable medications,” said Benjamin Rome, one of the study authors and a faculty member at the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Board Vitals - Pharmacist

AUGUST 10, 2023

As part of a commitment to supporting the doctors of the future, BoardVitals awarded its fourth annual Medical School Scholarship to three winners. “ 2nd Place: Gino Dettorre Gino Detorre is a medical student at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. “ Congratulations to all of our winners!

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STAT

JANUARY 2, 2024

And Ascension, a not-for-profit behemoth, would get to own a brand-new teaching hospital and work with an elite new medical school at the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Physician Pharmacist

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Whether you've finished the medical school application cycle or are just curious about the economics of medical school, the answer to our question is obviously yes ! You undoubtedly worked as a pharmacy intern during school, so I am confident that you can easily work as a higher paying pharmacist.

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STAT

APRIL 28, 2023

She and a Wunderkind from the class of 2020, Altaf Saadi , assistant professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, spoke at a virtual STAT event Thursday about their journeys in science and medicine — what their work is, what brought them to the field, and what keeps them going.

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STAT

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Nearly 60 years ago, Johns Hopkins Hospital opened a first-of-its-kind clinic to provide gender-affirming surgery. The Gender Identity Clinic blazed a new trail, with more than a dozen new clinics opening across the country in the decade that followed. But in 1979, the clinic shut its doors. Read the rest…

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Panelists include leaders from the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, and electronic health record giant Epic Systems.

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STAT

MARCH 19, 2024

  The clinical trial, led by Tracey Simon of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, compared two groups of patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD. One group was given baby aspirin daily for six months, while the other received a placebo pill.

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The Physician Pharmacist

JUNE 27, 2022

As a pharmacist considering medical school, I often recommend you make sure your finances are in order before moving forward with this massive decision. One of the most frequent questions I receive often involves handling medical school tuition along with my pharmacy school loans. Let's review what we've learned.

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The Physician Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

️ Join us in today's enlightening episode as we sit down with Dr. Tess Calcagno, a remarkable individual who has journeyed from the realm of pharmacy to the challenging world of medical school. link] Applying to Medical School: Dr. Calcagno shares her insights on the rigorous process of applying to medical school.

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The Physician Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Bryce Brohol joins Nathan to discuss his experience as a second-year medical student at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine. However, after observing physicians and residents on rounds during his introductory rotations in pharmacy school, he had an epiphany and realized that medicine was what he wanted to do.

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The Physician Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Hosted by Nathan Gartland, a licensed pharmacist and second-year medical student, the podcast aims to provide insight into the medical school application process, the challenges of applying to pharmacy residencies, and the financial considerations of pursuing dual education. Enjoying the podcast and want to listen to more?

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STAT

OCTOBER 29, 2024

JoAnn Manson, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reported in Lancet Regional Health last month on a large analysis of long-running studies looking at links between ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular disease.

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JULY 6, 2023

“As clinicians, a lot of us had a gut feeling that [TBI-associated depression] is a different disease,” said Shan Siddiqi, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor of psychiatry and a clinical neuropsychiatrist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “Why did nobody detect it before?

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 9, 2023

“We discovered a way to shut down inflammation… in a patient with multiple sclerosis as well as in healthy patients,” stated lead author Thais Moreira, PhD, an assistant scientist at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

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The Physician Pharmacist

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Tim Ulbrich shares expert advice on managing your personal finances, setting up a budget, and making strategic financial decisions to pave the way for your medical school dreams. Pharmacy Debt and Medical School Debt : The burden of student debt can be overwhelming. Enjoying the podcast and want to listen to more?

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STAT

MAY 18, 2023

As the deans of the two public medical schools in Nevada, we are watching with pride as our recent graduates prepare to start their internships. But that pride is tempered by concern about a looming threat to the delivery of medical care in our state. Read the rest…

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 21, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LODOCO ® , the “first drug to target cardiovascular inflammation,” reported Dr Paul Ridker, MPH, Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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STAT

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It should be obvious that medical school and clinical experience, in themselves, can’t fully prepare someone for the C-suite, any more than an MBA and corporate leadership experience equip someone to be a doctor.

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IDStewardship

JUNE 1, 2023

There are Core Elements on antimicrobial stewardship that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published for hospitals, outpatient, nursing homes, and limited-resource settings. There are now regulatory requirements on antimicrobial stewardship from The Joint Commission and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 14, 2022

Additional studies are also planned, and the company is working with McLean Hospital, a psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School, on a study of Prism as an add-on treatment for major depressive disorder with anhedonia – the inability to feel pleasure.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

MAY 2, 2023

Hospital Pharmacy Europe ‘s new editor Helena Beer discusses her journey to healthcare journalism and exciting new developments for the publication, including the launch of Clinical Excellence events – the first of which focuses on cardiology At the age of 12, I was admitted to hospital with appendicitis.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“When I went to medical school … I learned how to see patients at the bedside, so I was taught bedside manner,” said Newman. The health system is now getting ready to open up a new brick-and-mortar building that will house its virtual care offerings.

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Board Vitals - Pharmacist

JANUARY 13, 2024

Myron Rolle , a neurosurgery resident at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, played college football at Florida State University and was selected as an NFL safety with the Tennessee Titans. During WW2, the Chicago Bears player served on a hospital ship in the Pacific Ocean.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Here’s a snapshot of the senior experts set to be attending: Hao Wu , Asa & Patricia Springer Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School. Kate Fitzgerald , Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Division of Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 10, 2021

A team based at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has come up with an AI algorithm – called DRIAD (Drug Repurposing In Alzheimer’s Disease) – that it hopes will not only find treatments but also tease out new therapeutic targets.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JUNE 30, 2023

NHS England will work with the GMC and medical schools to explore the details of this move. The plan also refers to the increase of specialist clinical and technical roles in hospital pharmacy, which it says will continue to be central to high-quality medicines optimisation.

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Policy Prescription

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rome, MD, MPH Author Affiliations: Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Lalani, Hwang, Kesselheim, Rome); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Lalani, Hwang, Kesselheim, Rome).

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

MAY 31, 2023

The workforce plan, which has already been delayed from last year, is expected to put forward solutions to address NHS understaffing , including expanding medical school places and potentially training apprentice doctors directly on the job. A version of this story was originally published by our sister publication Pulse.

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