Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
A Policy Prescription for 2016
Since the founding of Policy Prescriptions®, I have written an essay on the most important health policy decisions for the year ahead. Last year I suggested a few compromises upon which might be wiling to agree. Despite a lack of Continue Reading …
Delivery System Reforms: Delivering Value?
Restructuring health care delivery to reduce costs and improve quality is a fundamental part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a response to the long history of high domestic healthcare spending with suboptimal outcomes. In fact, the ACA mandated Continue Reading …
The Best Tweets of 2015
The year 2015 has seen remarkable progress for physician-advocates with the elimination of the SGR and the expansion of insurance coverage to over 90% of Americans. Yet, public health aficionados are probably decrying the sad state of affairs with new Continue Reading …
The Country Nurse
A recent study published in Medical Care examined the relationship of geographic accessibility to primary care providers. Data derived from the 2013 Area Health Resource File, which provides a comprehensive data on a broad range of health resources and socioeconomic Continue Reading …
Are We There Yet?
In 2004, President George W. Bush launched an initiative to provide all Americans with electronic health records (EHR) by 2014. In 2009, Congress passed the HITECH Act, providing $30 billion to help get there. But as 2015 concludes, we have Continue Reading …