The transition to electronic health records (EHRs) was supposed to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare for doctors and patients alike — but these…
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed new…
When a Service member suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the single most significant…
Vision impairment is a major global issue. More than 2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to corrective lenses. Getting eyeglasses prescriptions is especially difficult…
MIT spinout Portal Instruments has landed a commercialization deal for a smart, needle-free injection device that could reduce the pain and anxiety associated with needle…
By combining the use of drug-carrying nanoparticles with an organ-preserving machine, Yale researchers have developed a procedure that could help improve long-term outcomes for transplant…
A team of scientists at MIT has developed a microfluidic device that isolates plasma cells from blood rather than from bone marrow. The new technique…
A new study from Yale University economists reveals that the prices hospitals negotiate with health insurance companies vary enormously within and across geographic regions in…
A newly published study from MIT and the University of Chicago reveals that pharmaceutical firms “underinvest” in long-term research to develop new cancer-fighting drugs due…
Are doctors running the bill up on you? A new study from Yale University shows that a key factor to increased healthcare costs is overuse…