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Great Curriculum Transformation Requires More Than Good Design
In this Harvard Macy Institute blog post, learn how implementation science, faculty development, and dedicated expertise can help turn promising curriculum reforms into lasting changes in educational practice.
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What Is a Medical Breakthrough Worth if Patients Can’t Get It?
HealthSpark, Episode 31: Jeff Levin-Scherz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, explores the promise of GLP-1 medications and the challenges that determine who can benefit from them.
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Health Care Costs Are Rising Everywhere. What if the Solution Starts With Measuring What Matters to Patients?
HealthSpark, Episode 30: David Bernstein, orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Affiliate Scholar at the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, explores how routinely tracking patient-reported outcomes and rewarding care teams for improving them could help health systems control costs while making people healthier.
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Reflective Clinical Immersion Can Bring Medical Students Closer to the Patient Experience
In this Harvard Macy Institute blog post, how medical education can help students better understand patients’ perspectives through direct observation, narrative reflection, and time spent with patients and families is discussed.
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How GLP-1 Therapies Are Transforming Health Care and the Future of Care Delivery
While GLP-1–based therapies are expanding from diabetes treatment to broad multi-system care, their growing complexity is reshaping clinical collaboration, health system organization, and the ongoing challenge of making these transformative medications affordable and accessible.
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The Leadership Engine as a Map for Clinical Leadership Development
In this Harvard Macy Institute blog post, an integrated approach to developing clinical leadership and teamwork skills across all levels of healthcare teams is discussed.
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Can Addressing One Disease Transform Global Health?
HealthSpark, Episode 25: Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, reflects on why obesity is one of modern medicine's most complex challenges and how coordinated action across care delivery, public health, and industry can reduce its impact on patients, health systems, and economies worldwide.
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How Long Can Health Systems Afford to Sideline the Private Sector?
HealthSpark, Episode 24: Tisha Boatman, Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Siemens Healthineers, reflects on how changing funding dynamics, shifting attitudes toward collaboration, and a more ecosystem‑oriented mindset are redefining the role of the private sector in health systems worldwide.
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Biomarkers and the Future of Medicine: Why Every Health Professional Needs to Understand Them
From diagnosis and risk prediction to treatment selection and drug development, biomarkers quietly power the precision and progress of modern medicine.
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Biomarkers and the Future of Medicine: Why Every Health Professional Needs to Understand Them
From diagnosis and risk prediction to treatment selection and drug development, biomarkers quietly power the precision and progress of modern medicine.