Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers

“We Need Some Bullet Control”
Large-capacity magazine ban cut incidence and number of people killed in shootings Continue Reading …

Should We Promote E-Cigs for Harm Reduction
E-cigs might be better for quitting based on this study but effects on youth and VALI suggest caution before promoting e-cigs as a harm reduction strategy. Continue Reading …

Balance Billing – Part 1
In this part 1 of the Policy Prescriptions® edition of the podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH FACEP, Emergency Physician at Baylor College of Medicine; Kristen J. Kent, MD FAAEM, President, New York Chapter Division of AAEM; Thomas Sugarman, MD FAAEM Continue Reading …

The Best Medicine Isn’t Medicine at All
It is clear from this study that frequent ED users are a population with many interdisciplinary needs and integrated data systems can help identify needs that might be otherwise obscured when focusing on a single, siloed department. Continue Reading …

The Missing Person in Personalized Medicine
Health professionals should be careful not to exclude the patient from the process Continue Reading …