Articles by Paul Barr

Comparative effectiveness research gets a jolt

Equity investors don't seem to be worried.

Traditional approaches to controlling these conditions aren't that effective.

Med school ideas target competency, population health.

Investigation questions some charities' use of solicitors.

Health systems lead effort to reduce effect on environment.

New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo, M.D., discusses how the city has revitalized its health system in the eight years since Hurricane Katrina.

Mayo, Intermountain, others sign with outside firms to boost analytics

Competing studies stir a spirited debate on geographic variation.

The AMA is betting $10 million that it can remake medical education.

NPSF Congress puts an emphasis on the human touch.

The incoming head of NPSF discusses key challenges facing safety experts.

A Q&A with Susan Skochelak, M.D., who's leading the American Medical Association's $10 million hunt for ways to change physician education for the better.

Advances in vaccine manufacturing hold promise.

The Mayo Clinic CEO says that the nation's health care system needs to harness the vast amounts of clinical data that are being collected.