Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP is Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions®. A graduate of Morehouse College, Dr. Dark earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He completed his residency training at George Washington University where he served as Chief Resident. Currently, Dr. Dark is an Assistant Professor in the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dark is the 2017 recipient of the Texas Medical Association’s C. Frank Webber Award, a 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians Choosing Wisely Champion, one of emergency medicine’s Top 45 Under 45, and on Elemental’s List of 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic. He currently is on the Board of Directors for Doctors for America and is the Medical Editor-in-Chief for the monthly publication ACEP Now. Dr. Dark’s policy experience includes work for the United States House of Representatives, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Joe Biden Campaign. Among his policy interests include the study of health reform at the intersection with international health systems on which he has spoken on this topic nationwide. Dr. Dark’s media experience includes print, radio, and television – including outlets such as NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC World News.
Will primary care fail us?
The Affordable Care Acts Medicaid expansion is set to take place in just over half of the states. Additional private insurance expansions using health insurance exchanges are set to take place in the next 100 days. However, providing health insurance Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] If judges can practice medicine, why can’t doctors decide malpractice cases?
Judge Michael Baylson has ruled that a second child awaiting a lung transplant in a Philadelphia hospital must be considered for adult lungs, sidestepping the current policies of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). While this is great news Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Saving Sarah
Headlines have been made in the past few days regarding a 10-year old girl – Sarah Murnaghan – with cystic fibrosis who is in need of a lung transplant. Her parents have successfully sued the government to get her listed on Continue Reading …
Health Policy Twitterati 2013
It was nearly a year ago when I compiled the list of the . The methodology was elegantly simple, look back several months and count up the number of times I (@PolicyRx) re-tweeted a user’s comments or links. I recently Continue Reading …
Physician Report Cards are Flawed
Many people wish to compare doctors against each other across quality metrics. However, report cards are flawed. Americans have been concerned about the quality of their health care in recent decades. As part of the process to inform patients about Continue Reading …
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