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
America’s Most Socially Responsible Hospitals
Setting the standard by measuring what matters
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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Hot takes from health leaders: Overrated and underrated policy solutions for high healthcare costs
This week's question: What's the most important thing a young clinician can do right now? More
Lown mortality ranking methods affirmed by new study
New research finds that the methods used to rank hospital mortality on the Lown Hospitals Index perform just as well, if not better, than methods currently used by CMS. More
VIDEO: What are the promises and perils of AI in healthcare?
In the latest episode “Office Hours with Dr. Saini,” Lown Institute president Vikas Saini answers the question: What are the promises and perils of AI in healthcare?" More