Browsing: Health Equity

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

A New Pandemic

10/6/2022 Rachel Kelly, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD
The effects of COVID-19 on the health care system continue to evolve. While patients stayed away during lockdown, they are now flooding emergency departments with more acute illnesses due to lack of p
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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.
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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