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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

Vijay Govindarajan, the Coxe Distinguished Professor of Management, and coauthor Mahesh Sriram illustrate how the United States health care system...

My Brief Trip to Cancerland

The New York Times

Quotes Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, the author of Overdiagnosed, who has spent more than two decades researching the dangers of...

Should You Start Colorectal Cancer Screening before Age 50?

Consumer Reports

An article about new guidelines for colorectal cancer screening quotes Dr. H. Gilbert Welch. The American Cancer Society recommends screening...

Is This the Hospital That Will Finally Push the Expensive U.S. Health Care System to Innovate?

Harvard Business Review

Vijay Govindarajan and coauthor Ravi Ramamurti illustrate how reverse innovation allowed Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) to provide low-cost, value-based...

India Has a Lot to Teach America in Health Care

Fortune India

Vijay Govindarajan discusses his forthcoming book Reverse Innovation in Health Care, which explores how the U.S. can improve its...

Rich Countries Can Follow the India Model of Health Care

The Hindu Business Line

Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti discuss their new book, Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work.

What experts are saying about Atul Gawande and the Boston-based bid to revolutionize health care

The Boston Globe

“U.S. health care obviously needs a heart transplant. Who better than a surgeon, with deeper knowledge of U.S. h...

Out of the Amazon

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

A wonder drug emerges from the Dragon’s Blood tree, thanks to Jaguar Health CEO Lisa Conte D’81, T’85.

The Opioid Diaries

TIME

Over the last year, photographer James Nachtwey set out to document the opioid crisis in America through the people on...

Will Amazon, Berkshire and JP Morgan disrupt the health care market?

ABC News

Healthcare stocks plummeted Tuesday after Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway announced they were teaming up to form a...

Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine

NPR

Quotes Dr. H. Gilbert Welch in an article about the economic impact of unnecessary medical testing.

Trump Officials, After Rejecting Obama Medicare Model, Adopt One Like It

The New York Times

The goal of a new payment model is to save money for the government while improving care for Medicare patients.

Too Much Screening Has Misled Us about Real Cancer Risk Factors, Experts Say

STAT

Highlights new research by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, adjunct professor of business administration, about the potential risks of widespread screening...

How a Tragic Oversight Led These Two 20-Somethings to Build a Lifesaving Tech Startup

Inc.

Features Vijay Govindarajan in an article about Stasis Labs, a startup that created innovative health monitoring systems for the Indian...

A Prescription to Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending

NPR

Features Dr. H. Gilbert Welch in an article about how to curb the $765 billion a year that is wasted by...

Don’t Let New Blood Pressure Guidelines Raise Yours

The New York Times

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, adjunct professor of business administration, argues that new guidelines regarding recommended blood pressure could be counterproductive. “F...