Daniel Johnson, who has joined the Health Care Policy section for his 2024-2025 Sarnoff Cardiovas​cular​ Research Fellowship year, presented one of his year-long research projects this weekend at the 2025 Sarnoff Conference in Cambridge, MA. 

The Health Care Policy team had an incredible presence at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2025, with 11 presentations by trainees on topics ranging from private equity acquisitions of hospitals to the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act...

"Cardiovascular Hospitalizations Among Older Adults in the US and Denmark" JAMA Cardiology - Americans are much more likely to be hospitalized for a cardiovascular event, particularly MI and heart failure (HF), than those from Denmark, another high-income country with a distinctly...

A new study from Harvard Medical School is raising fresh concerns about hospitals controlled by private equity firms. Researchers found patient satisfaction dropped at hospitals that moved under private equity control, compared to hospitals that were not owned by such firms...

After private equity firms acquire hospitals, the patient care experience starts to suffer, according to US survey data. The proportions of patients who gave a hospital a top rating or said they would definitely recommend it were significantly lower for those treated at centers that had...

Deaths linked to cold shot up dramatically in recent years even as the U.S. set summer heat records and temperatures increased, on average, year-round. A study of death certificates shows a 95% increase in the rate of cold-related fatalities between 2017 and 2022. The cause of death...

When Ephraim Trembly found his brother in rural Maryland, John had already been dead for three days. According to their father, John Trembly Sr., how he died remained unclear, since John’s body was so decomposed that they could only identify him from a tattoo...

Deaths related to cold weather have risen steadily nationwide in recent decades, new research shows, underscoring the continued risks of cold exposure even as average temperatures rise...