Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Regina Bailey, MD, JD, LLM
Dr. Bailey graduated from Hampton University, obtained her JD from Georgetown University, her MD from George Washington University, and her Masters in Health Law from the University of Houston Law Center. She completed her emergency medicine residency training at Baylor College of Medicine. She currently practices in Texas.
Protecting the Good Doctors
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined whether protecting doctors from could curb unnecessary health care costs, particularly in the emergency department where patients are high-risk and information about patients is often incomplete. This environment, Continue Reading …
Don’t Sue Me Bro
You walk into your doctor’s office with a headache. Like most people, before you made the appointment you did a quick Google search with your symptoms, and are now convinced you have a brain tumor—a meningioma maybe. WebMD says that Continue Reading …
Do EHRs Improve Quality of Care?
Over the past few years, use of electronic health records (EHRs) have grown exponentially. However, there has not been definitive proof that EHRs help improve quality and lower costs of health care. This article reviews whether having complementary incentives to EHRs Continue Reading …
Crisis Becomes Opportunity
Increased liability premiums, lax court requirements for evidence of fault, and the threat of insurers pulling out of the medical liability market culminated in France’s malpractice crisis. The government responded with a 2002 law that reigned in unnecessary law suits Continue Reading …
Sensitivity to malpractice
Many argue that physicians that are more concerned about malpractice are also more likely to engage in defensive medicine. The argument extends that defensive medicine contributes to rising health care costs. A recent article attempts to analyze this issue. The Continue Reading …