Timothy Hoff Archives

With COVID-19 infections surging, can doctors refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients?

As more health care workers share their testimony from the bedsides of the sick, growing frustration over the sheer number of unvaccinated patients taking up beds has some asking: Can doctors refuse to treat, or decline to see, patients who are unvaccinated? Several Northeastern experts weigh in.

by Tanner Stening August 25, 2021

An illustration depicts a female physician feeling burnt out, with patients standing on the tail of her coat.

Female physicians burn out faster than their male colleagues. Here’s why.

In a recent paper, Northeastern professor Timothy Hoff found that women physicians experience burnout more often and to a greater degree than men. “Women doctors detach from their patients slower than men do, and therefore become emotionally fatigued faster,” he says.

by Emily Arntsen - contributor August 4, 2021

How have primary care physicians adapted during the pandemic?

“What has struck me already is just the level of resilience that all of these physicians have shown,” says Timothy Hoff, a professor of management, healthcare systems, and healthy policy. “These healthcare professionals have had to think in brand new ways, or adopt new systems and behaviors, in order to care for their patients.”

by Molly Callahan July 28, 2020

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

What about the sick who don’t have COVID-19?

COVID-19 has put governments and hospitals around the world in crisis mode. One important question to ask during the pandemic is how to also care for patients who have not contracted the virus but still need access to primary care to function in everyday life, says Timothhy Hoff, a professor of management, healthcare systems, and health policy at Northeastern.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa March 30, 2020

stock image of people standing on a hospital-like floor

Could medicine be the next industry to come under scrutiny in the #MeToo era?

Women who are physicians are more likely to experience depression and burnout, and more likely to encounter harassment at work, says Timothy Hoff, a professor of management, healthcare systems and public policy at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan August 30, 2019

Millions of people are turning to walk-in health clinics, including CVS’s MinuteClinic, because they’re more convenient than a doctor’s visit. But new research from Timothy Hoff, who is a professor of management, healthcare systems, and health policy at Northeastern, shows that we don’t really know whether these retail clinics are as effective as a doctor. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

What kind of care are you really getting at a walk-in clinic?

Millions of people are turning to walk-in health clinics—think the CVS MinuteClinic, or the Walgreens Healthcare Clinic—because they’re more convenient than going to the doctor. Timothy Hoff, who is a professor of management, healthcare systems, and health policy at Northeastern, says we don’t really know if these retail clinics are as effective as a doctor’s visit.

by Molly Callahan July 12, 2019

Instead of calling your doctor to discuss your cold, you might soon be consulting with Amazon’s Alexa, says Northeastern professor Timothy Hoff. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Paging Dr. Alexa: How Amazon, Walmart are making healthcare like fast food

Imagine you have a cold. Instead of calling your doctor, you consult Amazon’s Alexa. With its vast index of medical records, Amazon’s cloud computing algorithm quickly compares your symptoms with those of millions of other people and returns the most likely diagnosis. This is hypothetical, but it’s a future that’s not far off, says professor Timothy Hoff, who wrote a book on the “corporatization of healthcare.”

by Molly Callahan June 26, 2018

On Thursday, members of the House Budget Committee approved the Republican healthcare bill. Photo via iStock

Understanding the impact of the proposed healthcare reform bill

On Thursday, members of the House Budget Committee approved the Republican healthcare bill, a move that will send it to the House of Representatives for consideration. We asked an interdisciplinary group of professors why healthcare reform is so complex, what impact this bill would have on insurance and drug prices, and whether it meets the idea that healthcare is, as one professor says, a “moral imperative.”

by Molly Callahan March 17, 2017

National healthcare spending increased 5.8 percent in 2015, reaching a total of 3.2 trillion, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo by iStock.

Is human capital healthcare’s biggest asset?

Professor Timothy Hoff, a health policy expert, provides a snapshot of the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on the healthcare workforce’s role in cutting costs. “There simply aren’t enough physicians to provide all the care,” he says.

by Jason Kornwitz January 30, 2017

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