Press Releases
- Electronic Health Record System Continues to Improve Prescribing Safety Over Time (May 3, 2013—scroll down)
- Regional Anesthesia Technique Significantly Improves Outcomes of Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery (May 1, 2013)
- Study Endorses Onsite HIV Testing Without Risk Reduction Counseling (April 29, 2013)
- Biostatistics Chief Receives Nation's Top Award in Statistics (April 25, 2013)
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Anesthesia Type Affects Perioperative Outcomes in Orthopedic Surgery Patients (April 24, 2013)
- East River Bioethics Club: A Circle of Friends (April 5, 2013)
- PCORI Forms its First Four Advisory Panels and Selects Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin (April 4, 2013)
- Health Care Quality Measurement for Doctors' Offices Needs Improvement (March 21, 2013)
- Are Accountable Care Organizations "Improving Population Health"? (March 19, 2013)
- In Qatar, Diabetes is High Risk Factor for Heart Attack and Stroke (March 18, 2013)
- Results of diabetes study point to critical importance of diabetes awareness and prevention campaigns (March 12, 2013)
- UAlbany and Weill Cornell Researchers Discuss Broad Impact of HIV-Testing Guideline Changes in New England Journal of Medicine (February 21, 2013)
- Prestigious Initiative in Global Medical Education (February 2013)
- Science Needs a Second Opinion: Researchers Find Flaws in Study of Patients in "Vegetative State" (January 24, 2013)
- Black Patients with Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Are Not Being Prescribed Beneficial, Inexpensive Diuretic Drug (January 22, 2013)
- Researchers Identify Ways to Improve Quality of Care Measurement from Electronic Health Records (January 15, 2013)
- Generic HIV Treatment Strategy Could Save Nearly $1 Billion Annually but May Be Less Effective (January 14, 2013)
- Time and Technical Assistance: Key to Improvements with EHRs (January 2013)
- Electronic Health Records with Technical Assistance Can Improve Patient Care in New York City (January 7, 2013)
- Dr. Ann Beeder Appointed to New Endowed Professorship (January 4, 2013)
- Doctors Call For Evidence-Based Appropriateness Criteria for Elective Procedures (December 26, 2012)
- Dr. Joseph Fins Gives Presidential Address for American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (December 21, 2012)
- More than 100 Leading Medical, Scientific Experts Urge White House To Halt Rush to Expanded Shale Gas Fracking for Export Purposes (December 13, 2012)
- Sanford I. Weill and Dr. Joseph J. Fins Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences (November 27, 2012)
- New Master's Program in Health Informatics at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (October 22, 2012)
- Electronic Health Records Shown to Improve the Quality of Patient Care (October 9, 2012)
- On-site HIV testing increases life expectancy in substance abusers and is cost effective (NIDA—October 9, 2012)
- Electronic Health Records Hold Promise in Improving Quality Care (September 27, 2012)
- Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Control Healthcare Costs? (September 21, 2012)
- Researchers Show Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing in Drug Abuse Treatment Programs (September 9, 2012)
- The Ethics of Credentialing Clinical Ethics Consultants (August 23, 2012)
- Students, Trainees and Faculty Honored for Diversity Efforts (June 28, 2012)
- Impact of Nurse-Physician Communication on Patient Health Examined in New Interdisciplinary Study (June 25, 2012)
- Pay-for-Performance Programs May Widen Resource Gap for Providers in Poor Areas (June 18, 2012)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Selects Five "Leaders of Tomorrow" to Navigate the Future of Health Care (May 24, 2012)
- Cross-Institutional, Interdisciplinary Research Team Wins Prestigious Award for Collaboration (May 10, 2012)
- Physician Incentives Not Correlated with High Quality Care in New Analysis (May 9, 2012)
- Mentoring the Next Generation of Outstanding Academic Physicians (May 3, 2012)
- Professor of Medical Ethics Inducted to Mastership in the American College of Physicians (April 27, 2012)
- Pay-For-Performance May Not Be As Promising As Once Thought (April 19, 2012)
- Sanford I. Weill and Dr. Joseph J. Fins Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (April 17, 2012)
- Two Genetic Deletions in Human Genome Linked to the Development of Aggressive Prostate Cancer (April 9, 2012)
- Weill Cornell Seeks Fix for Ailing Healthcare System (April 6, 2012)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Establishes Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy (March 30, 2012)
- Frequency of Computer and Electronic Game Use Associated with Teens' Reading Skills and Grades (March 29, 2012)
- Health Care Reform: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle (March 26, 2012)
- Women in Science: Nurturing Nobels (March 12, 2012)
- Aetna And Aetna Foundation Commit $750,000 For Studies To Improve Coordination Of Health Care (March 7, 2012)
- Medicare's Public Reporting Program on Hospital Quality Had Little or No Impact on Death Rates in Hospitals (March 5, 2012)
- New Journal Links ME Medical Practitioners to Global Best Practices (February 2012)
- Aspirin Merits Testing for Prevention of Cervical Cancer in HIV-Infected Women (January 18, 2012)
- Unprecedented International Effort to Improve Safety of Orthopedic Devices (December 21, 2011)
- WCMC-Q hosts symposium on Health Care in the Middle East (December 2011)
- Are All Hip Replacement Implants the Same? (November 29, 2011)
- Comparative assessment of implantable hip devices with different bearing surfaces: systematic appraisal of evidence (November 29, 2011)
- Older Adults in Home Health Care at Elevated Risk for Unsafe Meds (November 21, 2011)
- Study shows speed cameras reduce fatal car accidents (November 2011)
- Dr. Joseph J. Fins Leads the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (October 28, 2011)
- National Science Foundation Awards $500,000 for Study of Virtual Reality for Preventing Alcohol Abuse on College Campuses (October 27, 2011)
- Students' Research Study Earns Recognition in Leading Spanish Newspaper (October 2011)
- Weill Cornell Research Demonstrates Cost-Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Infected Adults in Haiti (September 20, 2011)
- 9/11 Poem by Dr. Joseph J. Fins Added to iTunes U (September 12, 2011)
- US Physician Practices Versus Canadians: Spending Nearly Four Times As Much Money Interacting With Payers (August 4, 2011)
- HIV Epidemics Emerging in the Middle East and North Africa Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (August 2, 2011)
- Dr. Lawrence Casalino's Work Advises British National Health Service (July 5, 2011)
- The Healthy Vacation Checklist (July 5, 2011)
- First Students of Innovative Health IT Program Graduate (June 29, 2011)
- New Study Notes a Surprising Drop in Physicians' Willingness to Accept Patients With Insurance (June 27, 2011)
- National Coordinator for Health IT hails graduates as new leaders to deploy health IT (June 24, 2011)
- JAMA Study Points to Patient Safety Risks Outside Hospital Walls (June 15, 2011)
- Dr. Andrew M. Ryan Honored for His Health Services Research (June 15, 2011)
- Newer Electronic Health Record Systems Reduce Rx Errors, but Doctors Find the Switch Difficult (May 26, 2011)
- Renowned Medical Ethicist Dr. Joseph Fins Receives Named Professorship (May 20, 2011)
- Dr. Marcia Angell Is 2011 Lubin Visiting Professor (May 17, 2011)
- Lessons From Major Heart Trial Need Implementation (May 10, 2011)
- Dr. Madhu Mazumdar Selected for Fellowship in Prestigious Executive Leadership Program (May 10, 2011)
- New Medical Ethics Professorship Honors Renowned Faculty Member (May 9, 2011)
- Teenage Alcohol Consumption Associated With Computer Use (May 9, 2011)
- Raising Awareness About Down Syndrome in Qatar (April 21, 2011)
- Teaching the Same Medical Course on Two Campuses a World Apart Highlights "Hidden Curricula" (April 12, 2011)
- Health Information Technology "Control Tower" Could Improve Earthquake Response (March 21, 2011)
- Brain Imaging Provides Window Into Consciousness (February 25, 2011)
- Misuse of FDA Exemption Law May Harm Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients (February 3, 2011)
- Global Public Health in the New Millennium (January 28, 2011)
- Dr. Reidenberg to Receive Top Pharmacology Award (January 7, 2011)
- Weill Cornell Creates Nation's First Comprehensive Guide for Hospital Emergency Preparedness Exercises (December 16, 2010)
- New HSS Center's Scientists Lead FDA's International Consortium of Orthopedic Research Registries (December 1, 2010)
- Rodríguez del Pozo Research Cited in New York Times (November 2010)
- Accountable Care Organizations and Their Role in Health Reform (November 4, 2010)
- Patient Care Performed Outside of Office Visits May Help Prevent Unnecessary Trips to the Doctor's Office and ER (November 4, 2010)
- WCMC-Q Student Researchers Impress at Bioethics Conference in Spain (October 19, 2010)
- Drs. Joseph J. Fins and David J. Skorton Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (October 11, 2010)
- WCMC-Q Student Researchers Impress at Bioethics Conference in Spain (September 2010)
- Health Information Technology: Human-ware, Not Software (September 30, 2010)
- Weill Cornell Research at GHESKIO Leads to Update in WHO Guidelines for HIV Treatment (September 2, 2010)
- Dr. David Blumenthal to Be the 2010 Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor (September 15, 2010)
- Dr. Gilbert Botvin Receives Presidential Award From Society for Prevention Research (August 27, 2010)
- Weill Cornell Accepting Applications for Health IT Certificate Program (August 19, 2010)
- Highest Rates of Hepatitis C Virus Transmission Found in Egypt (August 9, 2010)
- Time for Strategic Action on HIV/AIDS in MENA Region (June 28, 2010)
- Dr. Art Sedrakyan Joins Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery to Lead Comparative Effectiveness Initiative (June 9, 2010)
- Minding the Gap: A Medical School Looks at the Divide Between the Sciences and the Humanities (May 19, 2010)
- Models of Accountable Care Organizations in NY - Issues of Quality and Cost (NYAM, April 26, 2010)
- Should Specialist Practices Play a Role in Patient-Centered Medical Homes? (April 21, 2010)
- Patient and Doctor Expectations from Joint Replacement Surgeries Not Always Aligned (March 9, 2010)
- How Can Comparative Effectiveness Research Help Health Care Reform? (March 2, 2010)
- Electronic Prescriptions Reduce Errors by Seven-Fold (February 26, 2010)
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Awards $8 Million to Weill Cornell (January 22, 2010)
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Is an Essential Component of Real Health Care Reform (January 6, 2010)
- Health Care System 101: Innovative Program Introduces Med Students to Real-Life Complexities of the Health Care System (January 5, 2010)
- Dr. Joseph J. Fins Elected President of American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (January 4, 2010)
- New Diabetes Screening Tool Promotes Early Detection in Adults (December 1, 2009)
- NIDA Stimulus Grant to Assess the Benefits of Counseling with HIV Screening (November 19, 2009)
- Making a Better Vaccine (November 19, 2010)
- Herpes Never Sleeps (Science, November 18, 2009)
- The Pleasures, and Difficulties, of a Summer Spent Abroad (November 2, 2009)
- Regular Electrocardiograms May Help Physicians Identify Patients at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (August 27, 2009)
- Teen Attitudes Toward Smoking Linked to Likelihood of Drinking and Using Drugs (September 30, 2009)
- Genetic Testing May Be Valuable in Treating Colorectal Cancer (July 27, 2009)
- Early Detection and Quick Response Are Key to Defense Against Anthrax Attack (July 24, 2009)
- Physicians Frequently Fail to Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results (June 22, 2009)
- Physician Practice Interactions with Health Plans Cost $31 Billion A Year, Equaling 6.9% of All Spending For Physician And Clinical Services, New Study Finds (May 14, 2009)
- Simple Screening May Improve Early Detection of Kidney Disease in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease (April 30, 2009)
- Potential Lung Disease Biomarkers Yield Clues to COX-2 Inhibitor Side Effects (April 29, 2009)
- 1 in 7 U.S. Teens Is Vitamin D Deficient (March 11, 2009)
- New York State Health IT Strategy May Be Model for the Nation (March 10, 2009)
- Simple Model Predicts Those at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease (December 22, 2008)
- Delays in Radiation Therapy Lead to Increased Breast Cancer Recurrence (December 1, 2008)
- Dr. Lawrence P. Casalino Appointed Chief of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research in Public Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell (November 4, 2008)
- Cornell survey: Health insurance reform a top prioity for New Yorkers (Cornell Chronicle, October 27, 2008)
- Weill Cornell's Dr. Nathaniel Hupert Named Inaugural Director of CDC's New Preparedness Modeling Unit (October 29, 2008)
- Class of 2012 Welcomed With White Coats (September 8, 2008)
- Researchers Evaluate Cost-Effectiveness of Genetic Screening to Guide Initial HIV Treatment (September 17, 2008)
- Public Health Unveils New Web Site (August 25, 2008)
- Operations Research Promises Continued Gains for HIV Treatment in Resource-Limited Countries (August 22, 2008)
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Yields Promising Results for Batten Disease, Fatal Neurological Condition (May 13, 2008)
- Simple Screening Questionnaire for Kidney Disease Outperforms Current Clinical Practice Guidelines (February 28, 2008)
- Oath Shirt Raises Funds for Scholarship (April 21, 2008)
- Learning How to Say "No" to Alcohol Advertising and Peer Pressure Works for Inner-City Adolescents (February 29, 2008)
- Health Care & Human Rights: A World in Need (February 11, 2008)
- Patient Experience Valuable for Doctors (January 28, 2008)
- Two Federal Public Health Grants Awarded to Weill Cornell Medical College (January 16, 2008)
- New Book Sheds Light on Conflicts of Politics and Science (December 26, 2007)
- Dr. Lewis Drusin Receives American College of Physicians James D. Bruce Memorial Award (December 19, 2007)
- Dr. Nicholas Schiff Receives Research Award for Innovation in Neuroscience (December 13, 2007)
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Triage Study Challenges Notions of Emergency Medical Response to Disaster -- Overtriage Alone May Not Be Culprit (October 31, 2007)
- Bookstore Swears By New Shirt (September 24, 2007)
- Weill Cornell Research Ethics Consultation Service: Collaboration that Goes Beyond Regulation (September 14, 2007)
- Medical Mentors, Past and Future (September 10, 2007)
- Nicotine May Accelerate Atherosclerosis, May Be as Dangerous as Tar (Sept. 10, 2007)
- Patient with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in "Minimally Conscious State" Shows Functional Improvement After Deep Brain Stimulation (August 2, 2007)
- Dr. Joseph Fins Awarded Prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award for Research Into Brain Injury (June 7, 2007)
- Efforts by Dr. Joseph Fins Leads to Passage of the New York State
Palliative Care and Training Act (June 4, 2007)
- Rapid Syphilis Testing in Haiti Will Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths (May 28, 2007)
- Computer Model Maps Efficient Inoculation of Hospital Staff in Pandemic Outbreak (May 18, 2007)
- Medical Research Scientists Make Ethical Value Judgments in Research, Whether They Are Aware of It or Not (May 14, 2007)
- Hot Flashes in Women Linked to High Blood Pressure, According to New Weill Cornell Study (April 2, 2007)
- Joseph J. Fins, MD, To Become Local Governor
for National Doctors’ Group (March 19, 2007)
- Experts Urge More Research, Awareness of "Minimally Conscious State" (March 9, 2007)
- New Study Looks at Peer Pressure and Implications for Preventing Adolescent Substance Abuse (April 4, 2007)
- Researchers Develop Simple Model and Questionnaire for Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease (February 26, 2007)
- Under Oath: Medical Ethics Seminar Explores the Relevance of the Hippocratic Oath in Today's Medicine (February 12, 2007)
- Weill Cornell Medical College Names Five Clinical Scholars, Recognizing Outstanding Junior Faculty (January 22, 2007)
- Researchers Project Lifetime Cost and Life Expectancy for Current HIV Care in the United States (November 1, 2006)
- Four-Drug Combo Is No Improvement Over Standard Three-Drug Regimen in Suppressing HIV, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell-Led Study Finds (Aug. 10, 2006)
- Mammography: Is It Right for Me? (June 12, 2006)
- Bruce R. Schackman Appointed Chief of Division of Health Policy in Public Health at Weill Cornell (June 1, 2006)
- Weill Cornell Awarded Major Federal Contract and Grant for Public Health Research (May 1, 2006)
- Dean Gotto and Dr. Joseph Fins Discuss Medical Ethics (March 6, 2006)
- $4 Million Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholars Program in Public Health Created at Weill Cornell Medical College (January 19, 2006)
- Improving the Transition to End-of-Life Care (November 18, 2005)
- Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford to Deliver Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture (October 26, 2005)
- Dean Gotto Unveils Revised Hippocratic Oath for New Generation of Weill Cornell Graduates (July 1, 2005)
- New Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Created; Dr. Madhu Mazumdar Appointed Division Chief (April 4, 2005)
- New Methodology Gives Weill Cornell Team Insights into Psychological Value of Cardiac Stress Testing (March 31, 2005)
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Examines Loved Ones' Role as Proxies for Terminally Ill (February 28, 2005)
- Dr. J. Emilio Carrillo Appointed Vice President of Community Health Development at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (February 23, 2005)
- Bone Density Screening May Reduce Hip Fracture Risk (January 31, 2005)
- Dr. Ann Beeder Appointed Medical Director of Opioid Dependency Treatment Program (January 5, 2005)
- Dr. Madelon Finkel Named Director of the Office of International Medical Education (January 5, 2005)
- Dr. Bruce Vladeck Named the Lorraine and Ralph Lubin Visiting Professor of Public Health (October 27, 2004)
- First-Ever Study of NYC Primary Care Doctors' Response to 2001 Anthrax Attacks Shows Prudent Care, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Report (October 12, 2004)
- New Guide Helps Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in the Event of Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency (September 29, 2004)
- Dr. Joseph Fins Delivers Inaugural "Humanism at the Cross-Roads" Address (May 3, 2004)
- Severely Brain Injured Deserve More Research, Says Weill Cornell Physician-Ethicist (April 1, 2003)
- Weill Cornell Computer Simulation Model Helps Remedy Possible National Gap in Bioterrorism Preparedness (November 22, 2002)
- Weill Cornell Prevention Program Can Cut Binge Drinking in African-American, Hispanic Youth (April 12, 2002)
- Weill Medical College Establishes Faculty Associates Program in Medical Ethics (March 18, 2002)
- Dr. Joseph J. Fins, Leading Medical Ethicist, Receives Wholeness of Life Award From Healthcare Chaplaincy (November 28, 2001)
- Large Randomized Study Shows Intervention Program Can Reduce Drug Abuse in Inner-City Minority Youth (March 21, 2001)
- Weill Cornell Forms New Division of Medical Ethics (March 20, 2001)
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