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Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, was quoted in The New York Times' Economix on how medicare subsidizes doctor training.
Robert Kaiser, M.D., associate professor of medicine, wrote a letter to the editor in the response to The New York Times article, “Doctor, First Tell Me What It Costs.”
Nathan Punwani, M.D., an internal medicine resident, wrote a letter to the editor in response to The New York Times article, “Health Insurance Exchanges Scramble to Be Ready as Opening Day Nears.”
Health Care Quality master's student Jessica Osborne-Stafsnes authored the commentary "Shared Decision Making: Using Federal Health Policy as a Lever to Support Implementation,” which was recently published in the Journal of Participatory Medicine.
The George Washington University Institute of Spirituality and Health (GWISH) convened an international consensus conference to develop recommendations on integrating spirituality into health care systems worldwide.
Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor and director of the Center for Health Policy Research in the Department of Health Policy at the School of Public Health and Health Services, doesn’t try to quell the political and ideological discord ignited by the passage of health care reform.
Fourth year GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences student, Elizabeth Wiley, J.D., M.P.H., was one of seven medical students from the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to conduct a study on how medical students view the health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and…
At first glance, the physician workforce in Washington, D.C. looks robust: about one licensed physician for every 60 residents. That’s far higher than the nationwide ratio of about one doctor for every 300 Americans.
Dr. Martin Ojong-Ntui, assistant professor of Radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, comments about cultural differences that can make it difficult to reach out to immigrants regarding the health care system in the United States.
A new Supplement of the peer-reviewed journal, Women’s Health Issues, a publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, shows the tremendous growth and diversity of VA women’s health research in recent years.