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Lown Institute A health care think tank offering bold ideas for a just and caring system for health.

The Lown Institute, a nonprofit, action-driven think tank, is dedicated to transforming the culture of medicine and building a health care system that is affordable, effective, personal and just.

The list of amazing panelists at LOWN26 keeps growing! We're excited to announce that Michael L. Barnett - Professor of ...
04/25/2026

The list of amazing panelists at LOWN26 keeps growing! We're excited to announce that Michael L. Barnett - Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University School of Public Health - will join us as a speaker on May 21.

Get your tickets before they're gone @ https://lowninstitute.org/lown26-confronting-healthcare-affordability/

04/24/2026

What scares me most about AI? Well, we seem to be dependent on a handful of companies that are duking it out to become near monopolies, and in that world the opportunities to realize the benefits of AI are going to be choked off for "business considerations."

In the final edition of our blog series Hot Takes from health leaders, we ask our guests “What’s an overrated policy so...
04/23/2026

In the final edition of our blog series Hot Takes from health leaders, we ask our guests “What’s an overrated policy solution for fixing high costs? What should get more attention instead?”

Check out their answers @ https://ow.ly/iZ5F50YOwYl

04/23/2026

Will AI lead to fewer specialists? We're not there yet but, in the coming years, robots will likely be able to do surgery and perhaps even talk to patients mid operation. The problem is there is no one policing this brave new world to ensure these technologies improve the patient experience and not just enrich those in positions of power.

04/22/2026

What does AI mean for the art of healing? The short answer is that it could be liberating, giving clinicians more time to work with patients and their families to identify the best treatment options available.

We're excited to announce the amazing panelists for the LOWN26 session "Young clinicians and the fight for socially resp...
04/21/2026

We're excited to announce the amazing panelists for the LOWN26 session "Young clinicians and the fight for socially responsible medicine."

- Lily Cervantes, MD, Director of Immigrant Health and Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; 2024 BLASR winner (Co-Moderator)
- Reshma Ramachandran, MD, Assistant Professor, Yale; Co-director, Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and Transparency; 2025 BLASR winner (Co-Moderator)
- Alaina Geary, MD, Davidoff Senior Physician Executive Fellow in Health Equity, Boston Medical Center
- Apoorva Ram, MD, Content Director for Healthcare Structures, Policy, and Economics, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Tickets are going fast! Get your seat and see the full list of panels and speakers @ https://lowninstitute.org/lown26-confronting-healthcare-affordability/

04/21/2026

A lot of medicine is pattern recognition, so AI may allow clinicians to operate at higher levels. But how will AI do when it encounters variants that don't fit these patterns, like new diseases or viruses?

The Boston Marathon is here! That means that LOWN26 is only a month away. Limited tickets remain. Get yours at lowninsti...
04/20/2026

The Boston Marathon is here! That means that LOWN26 is only a month away. Limited tickets remain. Get yours at lowninstitute.org/lown26

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