Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Continuity of care in resident clinics
Clinicians, policy makers, and the literature agree that continuity of care is ideal for a healthy America. How well do teaching hospital clinics, which often have a revolving door of resident physicians, perform on this and quality? Teaching hospitals are Continue Reading …
Why are patients readmitted to hospitals?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has decided to limit payments to hospitals most likely to have patients readmitted. However, the data suggest that readmissions are best correlated with patient-specific issues. With significant impact on patients’ quality of life Continue Reading …
Payment bundles improve surgical efficiency
A project to improve the utilization and efficiency of orthopedic surgery in the public hospital system of New Zealand suggests that bundled payments can be effective. Translating these results to America remain challenging. New Zealand’s tax funded public health system Continue Reading …
Convenient Clinics
The landscape of the health system in the United States is changing to offer patients improved access to care beyond the traditional doctor’s office or emergency room visit. The advancing popularity of retail clinics provides patients a choice when Continue Reading …
‘Have it your way’ medicine
Seekers of acute care have a plethora of choices – primary care offices, retail clinics, free clinics, and even emergency departments. For the sake of convenience, many choose the emergency department over all other options. As someone who indulges in Continue Reading …
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