Director of the Drug Policy Research Program; Harvard Medical School
Professor and Clinical Researcher at Harvard Medical School where he directs the Drug Policy Research Program; chair of the Evaluative Sciences and Statistics concentration Harvard University's PhD program in Health Policy
Healthcare and Information Technology Some studies show that information technology cuts costs and improves healthcare in medical groups with hundreds or thousands of doctors. But most American doctors practice in groups of just ten or less, and they can't afford it. There's $19 billion of stimulus money to help doctors make the necessary investments, but are the benefits worth the risks? It can cause errors and spread them to many patients at once. It can also depersonalize the doctor-patient relationship, and even supporters concede that privacy issues have not been resolved. We hear doctors disagree on a major element of the President's healthcare reform.
The Democrats take the House. Will the president need more lawyers? The midterms are over. What’s next for President Trump?
Legal or illegal? Is the appointment of Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general?
California catastrophe The fires rage on in our own backyard, and in Northern California, encompassing tens of thousands of acres each. In L-A and Ventura Counties, the Woolsey Fire has scorched everything in its path. To the north, in Butte County, the Camp Fire has charred and destroyed even more acreage, of trees, brush and everything else, north of Sacramento, and the town of Paradise is a scene of utter devastation and heartbreak.