Experts gather at MIT to urge more innovation in health care delivery
Nearly 200 leading health care scholars, practitioners, and providers gathered on Nov. 17 and 18 to discuss innovations in health care delivery and explore how research and evidence-informed policymaking can improve the health of vulnerable populations in the United States. “Just as randomized controlled trials transformed modern medicine, there is an exciting movement in health policy focused on the use of rigorous evaluation to improve the way we deliver health care,” said Quentin Palfrey, executive director of J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which hosted the conference. “It was inspiring to connect with so many passionate, committed people interested in building this movement.” J-PAL North America seeks to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific research and works to improve social programs by running randomized controlled trials, disseminating policy lessons, and building the evaluation capacity of governments and non-profits. In the conference...