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Crowdsourcing to better forecast drug approvals

Researchers launched an in-house Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) challenge to beat MIT’s machine-learning models for predicting clinical trial outcomes. The results are now available.

Jul 20, 2021
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Press Source: The New York Times

Outcry forces UnitedHealthcare to delay plan to deny coverage for some E...

A recent study found evidence of an increase in heart attacks that had occurred out of the hospital, particularly in low-income neighborhoods.

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Press Source: EHRIntelligence

Collaboration fuels best practices for health IT implementation

"The promise of these technologies is that they're going to automate a lot of practices and processes, but they don't do that perfectly."

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Press Source: The Economist

A growing number of governments hope to clone America's DARPA

“It is impossible to accurately measure the incidence of...one-in-a-million ideas on a timescale relevant to political decision-making.”

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MIT Sloan Experts Health Care

The next pandemic: It’s coming and we’re not ready

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Pandemic defense requires a massive government program that engages the private sector; the public sector cannot and has not been able to handle health security problems of scale. However, relevant capabilities for invention, production, and distribution exist both in commerce and higher education. ...

Jun 9, 2021
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Press Source: Project Syndicate (Opinion Piece)

Taking the fight to the pandemic

"An...effort is needed now, both to help win the global war against COVID-19 and to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.”

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MIT Sloan study shows patient reluctance to seek care during COVID-19 pandemic

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Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic were intended to prevent the spread of infection. They inadvertently caused reluctance to seek necessary medical including emergency care.

May 26, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

The cultural psychology behind mask-wearing

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New research from MIT Sloan assistant professor Jackson Lu shows a link between collectivistic cultures and higher rates of mask usage.

May 20, 2021
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Press Source: Futurism

In Ontario, new project will give providers and patients more access to ...

“Making health data available for academic research is an important step in advancing our understanding of diseases and cures."

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Press Source: Commonwealth Magazine (Opinion Piece)

Nursing homes have made staff gains, but more needed

"...we urge government leaders to continue to make the necessary investments...to fund wage increases for our deserving staff..."

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