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Maryland’s Global Budget Disappoints

Posted onJuly 11, 2018July 11, 2018AuthorHannah Abrams

It seems simple: give hospitals one overall budget, instead of fee-for-service reimbursement, and they will cut how much they spend. Maryland set out with this plan to reduce health spending in 2010. They implemented global budgets for eight rural hospitals, Continue Reading …

CategoriesAffordability & Delivery System, Payment Systems

The Emergency Department’s Role is Critical

Posted onJuly 6, 2018July 2, 2018AuthorEmergency Medicine Residents' Association

How much does the emergency department contribute to healthcare delivery in the United States? Do our policies reflect the emergency department’s current role? This study assessed the contribution of emergency departments to the health care received in the United States Continue Reading …

CategoriesEMRA Journal Club, Journal Club

Policy Brief: Gun Violence

Posted onJuly 4, 2018July 8, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Download our Gun Violence brief & learn about 3 policies that you can support right now that will save lives.

CategoriesGun Violence, OP/notes

Freedom to Choose what is Best

Posted onJune 27, 2018June 24, 2018AuthorBich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH

About half of pregnancies in the world are unplanned. In the United States, that trend is declining. However, unintended pregnancies are still common among women who are black, Hispanic, and poor. Women spend much of their lives avoiding pregnancy. Long-acting reversible contraceptive Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Special Topics, Women's Health

The Choice is Yours

Posted onJune 20, 2018June 19, 2018AuthorBaylor MEERM 628

Of late there has been increasing concern over the ever-rising costs of health care in America. Some have attributed these rises, in part, to an overconsumption of medical resources – imaging studies, lab tests, procedures – both through clinician recommendation Continue Reading …

CategoriesAffordability & Delivery System, Baylor Journal Club, Health care costs, Journal Club

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