Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
A $56 Billion Poison Pill
Malpractice litigation is supposed to remedy the situation where patients are damaged by the negligent behavior of clinicians. Unfortunately, this costly system does a poor job of compensating patients or ensuring safety in patient care. In an effort to pinpoint Continue Reading …
911 versus 7-11
Americans have increasingly been taking their medical ailments around the corner to the local urgent care or retail clinic. These alternatives to emergency departments may help offload some of the strain with ever-rising ED volumes. The delivery of urgent health Continue Reading …
Network Overlap Reduces Quality
Many health insurers pride themselves on being highly-rated in terms of the quality of care they provide. However, physicians tend to contract with many different insurers and with each additional contract, quality of care declines. Recent interest in sparking competition Continue Reading …
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)
Dr. Cedric Dark, MD, MPH (Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions) spoke to students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The discussion was on the topic “
T. R. Reid | The Healing of America (Washington, DC)
T. R. Reid, author of “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care,” spoke to an audience at the George Washington University Hospital at an event sponsored by Policy Prescriptions and the GW Emergency Continue Reading …
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