Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM , COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

GREAT SHOT

9/6/2022 Laura Haselden, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns saved lives and reduced the number and severity of COVID cases in the United States. What did this mean to the business of health care? Significant cost savings.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Equity , Health Care Administration , Social EM

BIGGER IS BETTER

8/6/2022 Nicholas S. Imperato , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Studies are showing that Medicaid expansion - and its resulting increased access to primary care - could help alleviate emergency department crowding and ensure the department is able to focus on pati

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Are You Sick Enough to Need the ED?

7/6/2022 Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Insurance companies are penalizing emergency department patients whose conditions ultimately don't turn out to be true emergencies - and evidence shows the algorithms using ICD codes to retrospectivel

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM , OB/GYN

Health Policy Journal Club: Bullet on Board

6/6/2022 Diana Halloran, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

A new study shows how firearm restrictions reduce the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers. The Health Policy Journal Club highlights what that can mean for emergency medicine.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money

5/6/2022 Jacquelyn Callahan, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered ED patient volumes, resulting in decreased hours for emergency physicians and a difficult job market. Could the current fee-for-service reimbursement model

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

Health Policy Journal Club: Nonprofit Hospitals - Profitable or Not?

4/6/2022 Kyle Stucker, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Nonprofit hospitals netted $24.6 billion in tax exemptions in 2011; by 2017, these hospitals had accumulated higher net income than for-profit institutions. Their charity care, however, has not kept p

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Career Planning , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: The Doctor Will See You Now (Virtually)

3/6/2022 Caroline Bradford , Vidya Eswaran, MD

With patients and physicians becoming more familiar and dependent on the option of telehealth, it seems likely it will be here to stay in some form, even after the pandemic.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Rural Care on Par?

2/6/2022 Fathima Haseefa , Vidya Eswaran, MD

There is a need for health policy initiatives to optimize the interfacility transfer system and access to primary care and specialists.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration

Health Policy Journal Club: Medicaid and the Expansion of ED Crowding

1/6/2022 Carly Rosen, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Medicaid expansion offered healthcare to more people. Did it also lead to longer wait times for those seeking care in the emergency department?

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration

Health Policy Journal Club: Bounce-Backs

12/6/2021 Amy Kaur, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Is it time to stop stigmatizing the emergency department bounce-back? The PolicyRx and EMRA Health Policy Journal Club finds that when a patient returns to the ED within 30 days, the visit may be an i

Browsing: Health Policy Journal Club

GREAT SHOT

BIGGER IS BETTER

Health Policy Journal Club: Are You Sick Enough to Need the ED?

Health Policy Journal Club: Bullet on Board

Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money

Health Policy Journal Club: Nonprofit Hospitals - Profitable or Not?

Health Policy Journal Club: The Doctor Will See You Now (Virtually)

Health Policy Journal Club: Rural Care on Par?

Health Policy Journal Club: Medicaid and the Expansion of ED Crowding

Health Policy Journal Club: Bounce-Backs

#FOAMed and External Sources

COVID-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #2

Covid-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #4

Brown EM Journal Club: The Effect of Formalized Emergency Medicine Training in Low and Middle Income Countries

Policy Playbook: Firearm Injury Prevention from the Bedside

ALL ARTICLES

CATEGORIES