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NewsWithout key elements, reform won’t stop US slide in health outcomes
January 6, 2010–Health reform in the US could fall far short of its promise if critical steps aren’t taken to make improvements that are measureable, impactful, and local, say the authors of a groundbreaking study that ranked the US health care system 37th in the world. The US is falling behind many countries in infant mortality and overall life expectancy, according to Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, and Dr. Julio Frenk, IHME Chair of the Board and Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. Writing in the Jan. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Murray and Frenk note that countries such as Australia have demographics similar to the US but better health outcomes. Read the News Release IHME Post-Bachelor Fellows creating a new generation of "skeptical optimists"
November 19, 2009–Post-Bachelor Fellows at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) have planted their flag in the global health landscape in a forceful "Comment" published in The Lancet that invites a new generation of "skeptical optimists" to change the way health problems are measured. The fellows were invited by Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, to write a Comment for the journal earlier this year. The Comment was made available online Nov. 11 and will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal. Read the Media Advisory IHME/Harvard study wins competition for best open-access paper
October 20, 2009–A study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Harvard University has been named the best open-access medical paper of the past five years by the journal PLoS Medicine. On Sept. 10, the journal selected five finalists for the award and invited readers to vote by Oct. 15. The team responsible for the winning research – including Goodarz Danaei and Majid Ezzati of Harvard, Dr. Christopher Murray of IHME, and others – brought to light the astonishing number of deaths in the US attributable to preventable risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy eating, and high blood pressure. Read the Media Advisory
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