LOWN Institute

Introducing the Lown Institute Hospitals Index

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About

The Lown Institute is a think tank generating bold ideas for a just and caring system for health. more

Issues

Accountability

The system must incentivize healing over profiteering.

Low-Value Care

Patients should get all the care they need, and none that they do not.

Health Equity

Good health should transcend neighborhood, income, and background.

Human Connection

Compassion and humility are central to the practice of healing.

Projects

Lown
Presents!

Join us for a series of conversations for a radically better health system.

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Medication
Overload
Epidemic

5 million older adults sought medical attention for ADEs in 2018.

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The 2019
Shkreli
Awards

Honoring the worst in health care profiteering and dysfunction.

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Leadership

Vikas Saini

President

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Shannon Brownlee

Senior Vice President

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Blog

Health Equity

Nov 20

Closing the maternal mortality gap

What makes the US so different from other wealthy countries when it comes to maternal health? More

Nov 17

Could telehealth increase inappropriate prescribing?

The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in the era of telehealth. But are there unintended consequences for overprescribing? More

Accountability

Nov 16

Hospital charges are out of control. Will transparency help?

A new report shows that the ratio of hospital charges compared to their costs has ballooned over the past decades. Why does it matter? More

Introducing the Lown Institute Hospitals Index

About

Issues

Projects

LownPresents!

MedicationOverloadEpidemic

The 2019ShkreliAwards

Leadership

Vikas Saini

Shannon Brownlee

Blog

Lown
Presents!

Medication
Overload
Epidemic

The 2019
Shkreli
Awards