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Nov 22, 2019
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Feeding Babies Isn't Easy, but Help Is on the Way
Andrea Ippolito, SDM ’12, understood the health care industry inside and out, but that didn’t matter as an exhausted new mom weighing feeding options for her daughter.
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Helping People Understand and Track Their Health
MIT spinoff Fitnescity makes it easier for users to schedule health tests, work with physicians, and interpret results.
MIT News
EMBA Alumnus Elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2023
Said Ibrahim, EMBA ’16, honored for outstanding contributions to medical research.
Slice of MIT
Alumna Digs into Data to Advance Health Justice
This Sloanie is on the front lines of fighting inequities in healthcare.
Press
In Ontario, new project will give providers and patients more access to health records
“Making health data available for academic research is an important step in advancing our understanding of diseases and cures."
Press
Tech innovations can help fight COVID – if we do our part
“...artificial intelligence (AI) has played an important role in helping...battle the health crisis, but technology can only do so much.”
Press
Why public health messaging should emphasize vaccine acceptance, not hesitancy
"...our research highlights how overstating or overemphasizing hesitancy can, by itself, keep others from getting vaccinated."
Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care
Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
PsyArXiv Preprints
Fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media: Experimental evidence for a scalable accuracy nudge intervention
Misinformation can amplify humanities greatest challenges. Read about what we are learning about fighting COVID-19 misinformation online.