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The Changing Business Model of Healthcare

Vaccines are an especially risky proposition for pharmaceutical manufacturers since the costs are higher than for other types of drugs and demand could drop drastically once a crisis is over.

Addressing public goods problems typical requires people to adopt behaviors that are personally burdensome but beneficial for society.

HSI held its second call for research proposals to MIT Sloan faculty in March 2020, and will fund five projects this year. Funds will support students, data, travel and other needs.

On May 27, 2020, twelve students received the MIT Healthcare Certificate. Certificate faculty and students shared their thoughts.

State reimbursement pools have significantly improved the effectiveness of Affordable Care Act ( ACA ). There were seven states that successfully experimented with these pools in 2019.

The resurgence of tuberculosis is behavioral, not medical. Nudges can fix it – Researchers: Erez Yoeli, David Rand, and Jon Rathauser

HSI’s researchers are leading many groundbreaking projects that address a specific condition or disease.

Rigorous Testing of Big Ideas: The Case of Healthcare Hotspotting. Researcher: Joseph Doyle

Through a landmark operations research study in Mozambique, Jónas Jónasson and his colleagues have recently investigated ways to speed up not only lab procedures, but also the supply chain itself.