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email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Why Haven Never Got Off Ground Haven, the healthcare venture launched three years ago by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, fell apart because one of its partners began its own independent health services arm that competed with the joint project, Haven announced last week it is folding in February. After promising to streamline access to prescriptions and primary care, it never created a single consumer health product. Amazon,...

email article When the pandemic suddenly rearranged educational programs at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine last March, many students were eager to get into clinics or elsewhere in the community to help fight COVID-19. Alas, like most students, they were pushed to stay home largely for their own safety. But when Rowan students were offered an opportunity to assist their south New Jersey community in late November, many jumped at the chance. Now dozens are helping co-run a COVID-19 vaccination site, along with the state's department of health. Rowan is among a handful of schools who...

With little science to guide them, experts clash on best use of limited supply

In August, MedPage Today published a story on how applications to medical schools were coming in at a higher rate than usual. Here's a review of what's happened since. The surge in medical schools applications reported over the summer has held, as applications to MD programs are closed and most submissions to DO schools have arrived. Applications to Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) schools are up 18% over the last cycle, while those to American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) schools are up 19% over this time last year. With about 2 months remaining in t...

email article The District of Columbia received only enough COVID-19 vaccines for fewer than one in 10 healthcare workers during the first distribution, drawing criticism from local medical authorities. "It's a little disappointing," said E. W. Emanuel, MD, the District of Columbia Medical Society president and an obstetrician with Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. Emanuel is particularly upset that officials did not account for the transience of the regional workforce with the first disbursement, "especially when considering that the federal government is here," he said. "We found...