Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Non-Physician Clinicians
With sixteen million more Americans expected to gain health care coverage in the coming years as a result of the Affordable Care Act, access to actual health care providers may become more difficult. This may be especially true for patients Continue Reading …
Eliminating Duplicative Government Spending
The Government Accountability Office was tasked to find areas of duplication within the federal government. They discovered 81 potential areas of overlap, three of which refer to health care and public health. The General Accountability Office was asked to report Continue Reading …
Socioeconomic Impact on Universal Care
Countries contemplating national health insurance cannot rely on universal health care to eliminate historical disparities in outcomes suffered by disadvantaged groups. Socioeconomic effects still plague nations such as Canada. The inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and health disparities has been Continue Reading …
Personal Health Records
Personal health records allow the patient to access and interact with their own medical information. However, few physicians incorporate these records into daily practice and many fear that PHRs might threaten patient care. Electronic medical records and other forms of Continue Reading …
Minimum Wage, Maximum Care
As the minimum wage rises, Americans at the margins of society face the loss of health insurance eligibility for Medicaid. While a “living wage” is important to some policy makers, health may be more important than money. Continue Reading …