Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FAAEM
Dr. Khaldun is the Medical Director at the Detroit Health Department and a board certified emergency physician at Henry Ford Hospital.
Public Health Opportunities for Physicians
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/media/aaem-epa-podcast-episode-28.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks Continue Reading …
CMS demands technology utopia in hospitals
The advancement of health information technology is surely becoming one of the foremost changes in the American health care system. Assuming the adoption of more advanced technologies will improve quality and efficiency, several recent federal policies have encouraged (if not Continue Reading …
The cost-sharing sweet spot
Value-based insurance designs (VBID) provide cost incentives to encourage individuals to utilize certain highly effective medications in order to cut costs while improving quality and health outcomes. While this has mostly been done in the private market, less is known Continue Reading …
Maryland sets hospital rates
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most sweeping piece of healthcare legislation passed in decades. While authorized at the federal level, much of the implementation of the law depends on state-level execution. From decisions on Medicaid expansion to shaky Continue Reading …
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