Browsing: Health Policy

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Social EM , Health Policy , Administration & Operations

Responding to ICE in Emergency Departments: Protecting Patients and Navigating Legal Obligations

2/11/2025 Nicole Exeni McAmis, MD
Recent changes in U.S. immigration enforcement policies have led to ICE officials entering hospitals, seeking to remove patients. How should emergency physicians respond? What are the legal options an
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Policy in Action

1/9/2025 Jeanette Hoang , Elaine Hsiang, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
A California state bill enacted in 2019 focuses on what it means to safely discharge a patient experiencing homelessness. The legislation is a clear example of the link between policy and medicine.
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Opinion-Editorial , Social EM , Health Policy

Viewpoint: A Preferential Option for the Poor in the Emergency Department

10/31/2024 Brian Elmore, MD
To be a border physician is to be confronted daily with the human consequences of a failed immigration policy. Our specialty has long operated as a band-aid for the policy-driven effects we see daily.
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Opinion-Editorial , Health Policy

Climate Change and Health: Why Emergency Physicians Must Lead the Charge

10/22/2024 Adrian Cois, MBBS
Emergency physicians will increasingly shoulder the burden of a warming planet and its effects on human health unless we work to reduce emissions and reverse climate change.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Pain Management

Health Policy Journal Club: It Doesn't Have to Be So Painful

10/8/2024 Zain Khawaja , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
In our eagerness to be mindful of addiction, are we ignoring the pain control benefits that can be realized via parenteral use of opioids? The Health Policy Journal Club discusses how to thread that h
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , EMS

Health Policy Journal Club: Closing the Survival Gap

9/23/2024 Sydni Williams , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
The Health Policy Journal Club says the evidence is clear: To reduce the burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and ultimately save lives, federal legislation and substantial funding must be priorit
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Informatics

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

8/30/2024 Darby Billing , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
Artificial Intelligence has garnered significant hype in every sector, including medicine. How accurate are those AI algorithms in predicting whether a patient is experiencing a medical emergency? The
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Null Results and Next Steps

6/14/2024 Lydia Bennett, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
In the United States, 50% of health care costs are accumulated by only 5% of the population. To curb spending, programs have been developed to improve outcomes in patients with high health care use. B
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Final Destination

4/11/2024 Phillip Groden, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD
Does triage create a bias that might contribute to mis-diagnosis? The Health Policy Journal Club evaluates a recent study of the Emergency Severity Index.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Documentation Matters

2/8/2024 Elina Kurkurina, MPH , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Social determinants of health are an important and well-documented driver of health care utilization and outcomes - so important, in fact, that there's a class of ICD codes specifically for it. Are yo