Tag: politics

Legal Matters: I-STOP

While there is a lot on New York’s 2012 Legislative Agenda, there are few policies that affect us as EM physicians as much as the I-STOP Act.  I-STOP stands for the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing.  It serves as a…

Legal Matters: Getting Involved By Staying Informed

Welcome to our very first politics in medicine blog!   As physicians, our job is to know the medicine and take care of patients.  That’s what we signed up to do when we decided to go to medical school.  However,…