In Print

Justin Knight

Personally Controlled Health Records: Coming Down the Track
If a growing number of health insurers, employers, government agencies, and businesses have their way, many Americans will soon be managing their own electronic medical record containing their entire medical history. Before long, it might hold the entire contents of a person’s genome. This changing shape of things to come was the subject of the second annual Personally Controlled Health Record Infrastructure meeting, held at HMS on Nov. 27 and 28. Co-organizers included Kenneth Mandl (left) and Isaac Kohane.

Upcoming

Neurology Poster Session

Wednesday, January 9
9 a.m.–12 p.m.

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

Spotlight

HMS to Present New Promotion Criteria to Faculty
Beginning on Jan. 7, the HMS Office for Faculty Affairs will roll out new criteria for appointment and promotion at HMS and HSDM. Presentations will take place on the Quad and at affiliated hospitals and institutes.

Student Scene

Rachel Eastwood

Licensing Exam Off the Mark
Is the Step 2 Clinical Skills test worth the time and expense? Jason Sanders proposes an alternative that could better predict future physicians’ performance at the bedside.

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.

Science Progress

A new HMS site tracing progress in health care through funding, science, and discovery.