Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Megan Douglas, JD
Ms. Douglas is our Associate Editor for the Satcher Health Policy Journal Club. Currently she is Policy Director for the National Center for Primary Care and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She received her law degree from Georgia State University. She received a BS in Biology from Virginia Tech.
Misadventures in Interoperability
Megan Douglas’ explanation for why we don’t have the fully interoperable medical record we all want. Misadventures in Interoperability from Cedric Dark
ICU Telemedicine Better at Saving Lives
Telemedicine is all the rage for policymakers looking for solutions to access issues, especially in rural and underserved communities. Implementation of telemedicine in practice has run into a number of barriers, including lack of evidence on effectiveness. The current evidence Continue Reading …
Are We There Yet?
In 2004, President George W. Bush launched an initiative to provide all Americans with electronic health records (EHR) by 2014. In 2009, Congress passed the HITECH Act, providing $30 billion to help get there. But as 2015 concludes, we have Continue Reading …
Hospital Quality: The Devil is in the Details
In the debate over health care reform, one of the few issues everyone agrees on is the need for quality improvement (QI). Many believe we should reward the best performers and penalize those that fail to meet quality standards. It Continue Reading …
P4P and Multiple Chronic Conditions
Federal (P4P) programs are rapidly evolving from financial incentives for delivering quality health care to financial penalties for failing to meet quality metrics. This policy shift will have significant consequences for many providers, especially those serving patients with complex health Continue Reading …