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...major deans during his five-year tenure—more than either of his two immediate predecessors did in their first half-decades. Summers said at the press conference that he had discussed Light’s appointment with the Harvard Corporation—the University’s highest governing body—and incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok, who will take the reins of the University after Summers leaves the presidency June 30. Summers did not indicate the extent of Bok’s involvement in the decision-making process, but he did say that Light...
...weekend the Harvard women’s golf team did two things that it had never done before: post its highest finish ever in the Ivy League Championship and have a player place first in overall competition...
...Good evidence now shows that the areas in the US with the highest rates of use of hospital beds, intensive care units, specialist consultations, and invasive testing don't have the best quality of care and outcomes. In fact, they often have the worst. It would be a great advance in both quality and cost if somehow the American public came to understand that "more care" is not by any means always "better care," and that new technologies and hospital stays can sometime harm more than they help. Patients need to ask more, "Are you sure I need that...
...check the three hospitals you are considering having surgery at to see which is accredited by a private, nationally recognized group, and what percentage of surgery patients received preventative antibiotics one hour before incision. The local hospitals are also compared against the national average, the state average, and the highest scoring hospitals in the country. (Although provision of data is voluntary, the 2004 Medicare reform act gives monetary incentives for hospitals that report to the service.) The site, launched in April last year, currently only measures care given to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical patients. It also...
...south, there appears to be plenty of business to go around. While the world debates whether China or India will become the economic leader of the developing world, Vietnam is seen as an opportunity for companies to diversify their manufacturing base. The country boasts one of the world's highest literacy rates, a young labor force that adds a million new workers each year and a growing internal market. "Vietnam is trying to position itself as 'If not China, then Vietnam,'" says Intel Vietnam's director Than Trong Phuc. "It's a pretty good strategy...