In 2018, 5 million older Americans—one in ten—sought medical attention as a result of a serious reaction to medication. Over the past decade, the rate of emergency room visits for adverse drug events (ADEs) among older Americans nearly doubled. In response to this alarming trend, the Lown Institute is calling for a national plan of action to tackle overprescribing.
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The Lown Institute has released the 2nd Annual Shkreli Awards, a list of the top ten worst actors in health care from the past year, named for the infamous “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli.
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Lown Conference tackles market-based system that drives high cost and low value FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2018 Washington, DC– “We need universal coverage, but that’s not enough,” said George C. Halvorson, former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, as part of his keynote at the 6th Annual Lown Conference. “We need to follow the money, and […]
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MEDIA ADVISORY Sixth Annual Lown Institute Conference: Breaking the Cycle of High Cost & Low Value: America’s Next Health System Free media registration is available. What: The 2018 Lown Institute Conference brings together clinicians, patients, researchers, and policymakers to advance bold ideas for controlling overuse and skyrocketing costs, bring focus to a […]
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List reveals the top ten most egregious examples of “profits over patients” over the past year Boston, MA: On January 2nd, 2018, the Lown Institute released a list of the top ten worst actors in health care, named for the infamous “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli. These “Shkreli Awards” highlight some of the most egregious examples […]
Read More New Research Explores Shared Decision Making with Patients and Drivers of Overuse Boston, MA—Dr. Lauren Taylor, a general surgery resident at the University of Wisconsin, won this year’s Best Abstract Award at the Lown Institute annual conference, May 5-7 in Boston. This year’s research symposium focused on two main themes: drivers of over-testing and -treatment […]
Read More 5th Annual Lown Conference combines research and social action in effort to create a health care system that is patient-centered, universal, and cost-effective Boston, MA—“Health is not a market commodity,” says Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned economist and keynote speaker at the 5th annual Lown Institute Conference, which took place May 5-7 at the Boston Marriott Quincy. […]
Read More March 16, 2017 (Boston, MA)—Clinicians, researchers, patient advocates, trainees and policymakers will address the ineffective, wasteful and unsafe practices within the U.S. health system at the 5th Annual Lown Institute Conference, Beyond the Bottom Line: Defending the Human Connection in Health Care. The conference takes place May 5-7 at the Boston Marriott Quincy.
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January 9, 2017 (London)— A five-part series of papers on medical underuse and overuse, commissioned by The Lancet, and led by the Lown Institute in Boston, calls for health policy makers and providers to take urgent action and expand research to tackle underuse and overuse together, factors leading to widespread poor health care across the globe. The papers, titled The Right Care Series, are authored by 27 international experts and are available online and at a special all-day launch event at King’s College London today.
Read More December 2, 2016 (Boston, MA)–More than 20 percent of respondents to an informal study conducted by the Right Care Alliance*, a grassroots network of clinicians, patients and community leaders affiliated with the Lown Institute, indicated that access to medical care was their greatest health care worry.
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