Lown Institute Hospitals Index
How does your hospital rank?
2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Congratulations to Dr. Chanelle Diaz!
LOWN26
A one-day conference on confronting healthcare affordability
The 2025 Shkreli Awards
A top ten list of healthcare’s worst stories
Unnecessary Back Surgeries
Older Americans put at risk; billions of Medicare dollars wasted
Hospital financial
assistance & debt
collection policies
A national data set
Making hospital
tax breaks work
for communities
An analysis of 20 states
Avoiding Overuse: Coronary Stents
How professional inertia harms patients and wastes billions of dollars
America’s Most Racially Inclusive Hospitals
Socially responsible hospitals serve everyone in their communities
Pay Equity
How much should we pay nonprofit hospital CEOs? What are we rewarding them for — and what metrics could we base their salaries on instead?
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“The answer is in common purpose”: Health secretaries share affordability insights at LOWN26
With gridlock at the federal level, how are states using their regulatory authority to advance reforms? Watch the video recording of Gloria Sachdev, Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services, and Kate Walsh, former Secretary of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts, discuss at LOWN26. More
New legislation would increase transparency for nonprofit hospitals
The “Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act,” puts nonprofit hospitals in the spotlight. Here's what you need to know about this bill. More
“It’s so important to acknowledge and engage the next generation.” – Board Chairperson Dr. Patricia Gabow
t’s so important to acknowledge and engage the next generation because they need encouragement on their journey. Seeing and being part of the process to pick the winners — those young people who reflect the values of not just the Lown Institute but of Dr. Lown himself — is inspiring. More