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August 10, 2024 | News
HBHI Director Dan Polsky Leads National Academies Report to Expand Behavioral Health Provider Participation in Medicare and Medicaid
A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the current challenges in increasing the behavioral health care workforce capacity to better meet the needs of publicly insured populations and proposes strategies to address those challenges.
July 29, 2024 | News
Addressing Healthcare's Carbon Footprint: 8 Expert Takeaways
HBHI convened an expert panel at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. to discuss how the healthcare industry at large and providers at the grassroots level are working to bring about change.
July 22, 2024 | Expert Spotlight
Expert Spotlight: Andrew Anderson, Ph. D.
Get to know Andrew Anderson, Ph.D., a member of HBHI’s core faculty and assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. His work aims to increase the visibility of healthcare needs among historically marginalized populations.
June 20, 2024 | News
HBHI Faculty Receive Seven Nexus Awards
The Nexus Awards are a universitywide initiative launched in 2023 to support convening, research, and teaching anchored at the new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
June 20, 2024 | News
Congratulations to the Johns Hopkins University Discovery Award Winners
Several members of HBHI's core faculty have received new or continued funding in this round of awards.
June 14, 2024 | News
Monthly AI Seminar Synopsis: Getting Real with Gen-AI at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Dr. Manisha Loss presented the exciting ongoing GenAI implementations at Johns Hopkins, and Dr. Mario Macis, discussed the research opportunities arising from these implementations.
June 5, 2024 | Expert Spotlight
Expert Spotlight: Amit Jain, MD, MBA
Get to know Amit Jain, M.D, M.B.A, a leader and innovator in spine surgery. He is an expert in cervical and lumbar degenerative spinal surgery in adults, and complex scoliosis surgery in children. His research focuses on health economics, quality and safety in musculoskeletal care. He has published more than 250 scientific articles. He is a Principal Investigator for a NIH R01 grant to develop the next generation of surgical robotic devices. He also serves as Medical Director of Value Based Care in Office of Population Health at Johns Hopkins Health System, where he works on value-based care delivery and care continuum strategy. He is a member of the HBHI Executive team.
April 22, 2024 | News
HBHI’s Fireside Chat with HHS Secretary Becerra: The Road to a Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chain
Earth Day was the perfect occasion for the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative (HBHI) to host a first-of-its-kind conversation with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra about addressing healthcare’s climate footprint in the context of environmental justice.
April 15, 2024 | News
Can Americans Have Better and More Affordable Healthcare? 8 Expert Takeaways
The American healthcare system, an intricate web of providers, insurers, patients, and employers, has failed to improve meaningfully, despite decades of medical discovery and technological advancement, but has also become increasingly expensive. Why?