Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Cellphone ban policies
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/EPAdvocates-Episode8.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 with Continue Reading …
The State of Medical Malpractice Payouts
I have written a few articles and blog posts about medical malpractice. A company recently published a study of medical malpractice claims from 2012. Some interesting findings are: New York had the highest dollar amount of total payouts for 2012, $763,088, Continue Reading …
Doctors: Responsible for health care costs?
A survey of physicians demonstrates an abdication of their responsibility over cost containment in health care. A July 2013 study describes physicians perceived responsibility for controlling health care costs and enthusiasm for various cost-containment strategies. The researchers randomly surveyed 3897 Continue Reading …
Family planning & Medicaid
Expansion of Medicaid has been one of the most controversial provisions in health reform. With the Supreme Courts June 2012 ruling that states could opt out of the Medicaid expansion, nearly half the states in the country are leaning towards Continue Reading …
EHR Update: Doctors (2013)
In 2009 the HITECH Act provided $30 billion to support the expansion of . In 2011, the Medicare EHR Incentive began providing payments to providers who adopted EHRs with a minimal set of meaningful use capabilities. Early indicators suggest these Continue Reading …
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