Browsing: Health Policy

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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices

3/6/2017 Demetrio An Munoz, MD
Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices Physicians can take steps to limit the pharmaceutical industry's ability to price-gouge The cost of prescription drugs in the
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Pediatric EM , Health Policy

Passport to Health: Challenges of Caring for Undocumented Children in the Emergency Department

2/1/2017 Michael Holdsworth, MD , B. Barrie Bostick, MD
Passport to Health: Challenges of Caring for Undocumented Children in the Emergency Department Introduction An undocumented immigrant is an individual who enters the United States without inspection
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Health Policy

The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon?

2/1/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD
The 21st Century Cures Act: Big Pharma Handout or Drug Development Boon? One of the most important pieces of health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act snuck into law in the last days of P
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Better for Business

1/27/2017 Theresa Tassey, MD, MS
Where are freestanding emergency departments popping up - and how will that affect health policy?
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Health Policy

Preserving the Safety Net: What is the True Cost of the Uninsured?

1/26/2017 Rachel Solnick, MD , Eugenia C. South, MD, MSPH , Erik J. Blutinger, MD, MSc
Preserving the Safety Net: What is the True Cost of the Uninsured? President Donald J. Trump has sparked emotional debate across the country with bold promises on important public health issues like
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President's Message , Advocacy

Use Your Voice!

1/24/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Use Your Voice! Hello there, EMRA! What a few months it has been! On the national level, we've had a presidential election and inauguration causing the politics in our capital to take a palpable pivo
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Health Policy Fellowships , Fellowships , Health Policy , Legislation

In This State House: Life as a Physician in the Legislature

8/1/2016 Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH
In This State House: Life as a Physician in the Legislature There I was, sitting in Starbucks with a recently elected state representative. As a new healthy policy fellow and emergency physician, I w
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Critical Care , Pain Management , Health Policy

Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program

8/1/2016 Katrina D’Amore DO, MPH , David Traficante, DO , Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, FACEP
Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, an emergency medicine physician and immediate past-president of AMA, confronted the crisis in an open letter to America's
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Advocacy , Health Policy

How to Talk to Your Legislator

7/19/2016 Patricia Yang
How to Talk to Your Legislator As medical students and future physicians, each of us can think of an issue or concern that we wish would be handled differently. Often, though, we stop at wishing for
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Affordable Care Act , Legislation , Health Policy

Affordable Care Act: 5 Years Later Are We There Yet?

5/23/2016 Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MSHP , Erik J. Blutinger, MD, MSc
Affordable Care Act: 5 Years Later Are We There Yet? Just 5 years ago, millions of Americans entered a new era of health care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was born and sold as the solution for impr

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Is 3.3% Really the Avoidable Number?

Emergency Medicine Literature of Note 08/31/2017

Dr. Aisha Liferidge Talks Health Policy and Public Health

EMRA*Cast 12/08/2016

Policy Playbook: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) changes

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 01/10/2023

Policy Playbook: Firearm Injury Prevention from the Bedside

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 02/15/2023
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