Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

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.

A Randomized Trial of P4P

Posted onMarch 8, 2010September 7, 2011AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP2 Comments

Pay-for-performance incentive programs are commonplace now among many health care payers. A new study out of California reports on the effect of the frequency of bonus payments on clinician quality improvement. initiatives rest on the premise that quality in Continue Reading …

Embracing the Electronic Era

Posted onFebruary 22, 2010August 16, 2010AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP1 Comment

Medicine lags behind many other industries in the transition to the electronic era. While high-tech advances like CAT scans and MRI machines take advantage of computerization, many physicians still rely on paper and pen to document patient conditions and treatment Continue Reading …

The French Connection

Posted onFebruary 15, 2010April 7, 2013AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP2 Comments

The French health care system is viewed by some as the best in the world; multiple payers combine to provide universal care for all of France’s legal residents under the principle of social solidarity. At the turn of the millennium, Continue Reading …

The Most Difficult Decision

Posted onFebruary 1, 2010April 17, 2010AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP3 Comments

As the healthcare debate appears to have stalled in Congress, perhaps we should take note that health care is a limited resource. How to best divide this resource, in terms of how to define what is covered and what is Continue Reading …

Japan’s Tragedy of the Commons

Posted onJanuary 25, 2010April 17, 2010AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP2 Comments

The Japanese tout one of the world’s best multipayer, universal health care systems in terms of long life expectancy, copious technology, and low cost. Still, areas for improvement persist and lessons for the US abound.