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Trump, tariffs, and the prisoner's dilemma
Professor Wertheim explores the prisoner's dilemma in the context of important policy deliberations.
How the CVS-Aetna merger could improve—or undermine— healthcare
D'Amore-McKim School of Business professors Timothy Hoff, Patricia Illingworth and Gary Young weigh in on the recent CVS-Aetna merger, and what it means for the future of healthcare, on a business, ethical, and legal level for News@Northeastern.
The search for doctors in primary care
Professor Timothy Hoff examines relational care blockades in the U.S. and the UK and highlights the critical need for more general practice physicians.
From the army to academia: One professor’s journey to Northeastern
Charn McAllister is a newly appointed assistant professor of management and organizational development in the D'Amore-McKim School of Business. He joins Northeastern University after serving in the U.S. Army for seven years, enrolling in West Point in July 2001, just two months before 9/11.
Why a deteriorating doctor-patient relationship should worry us
Professor Timothy Hoff examines the benefits of strong doctor-patient relationships and what the weakening of those ties means for health care in general.
Public vs private: an examination of negotiation strategies
Associate Professor Edward Wertheim examines the differences between President Trump's public and private negotiating strategies.
The battle of the bundle: What I learned from my mother’s partial hip replacement
Timothy Hoff, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Health Policy, recently released a first-account narrative in Health Affairs that details his family's experience with Medicare's bundle payment program for hip replacements. His perspective as a healthcare policy expert and son are chronicled in this article and podcast that examines his mother's fall, surgery, care, and aftercare experience.
Changes in payment, practice are paving the road to further physician discontent
Professor Timothy Hoff explains the impact of the changing payment landscape for healthcare professionals and how their task-heavy job roles are having a negative effect on worker happiness, increasing burnout, and creating new issues in the sphere.
Strategic extremes: Trump's negotiating style
Associate Professor Edward Wertheim examines the unique and sometimes extreme negotiating style of President Donald Trump.