Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Jennifer Shine Dyer, MD, MPH, FAAP
Jennifer Shine Dyer, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatric endocrinologist in private practice at Central Ohio Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Services (COPEDS) in Columbus, Ohio. She received her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, trained in pediatrics and endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, and earned her Master in Public Health from the Ohio State University College of Public Health.
Patient-Centered Medical Homes
The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s for the pediatric population, but lately has grown in popularity. It hopes to provide for patients comprehensive, coordinated care for the whole person. Patient-centered medical home Continue Reading …
Techno-Babble
A recent Health Affairs article casts doubt on the cost-saving prospects of health information technology despite the significant investments made by hospitals, physicians, and the federal government to promote electronic records. Reduced ordering of imaging and other diagnostic studies by Continue Reading …
Sugar…do-do-do-do-do-do
“Sugar, rum, and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, [but] which are…objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The rationale for taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages has been discussed Continue Reading …
2011 Year in Review
In 2011, the United States faced staggering unemployment and soaring national debt while changes in health policy strived to deflect the cost curve downward. Here we present some of the best evidence produced in the past year. Access to Care: Continue Reading …
Metrics for Doctors and Patients
Electronic health records can improve processes of care as well as real health outcomes for diabetic patients. However, it is critical that patients themselves are held accountable for their own health and given the tools to do so. The ability Continue Reading …