Alister Martin
Cognoscenti contributor
Alister Martin, MD, MPP is an emergency physician in Boston who writes about the intersection of medicine, public policy and behavioral economics.
Recently published
Voter registration in hospitals is the new frontier in health care
Voting isn't just a civic duty, write Alister Martin and Aliya Bhatia. It's a social determinant of health.
The vital connections between my patients' health — and American democracy
We can't address all the ways our democracy is frayed, but we can start with a simple and essential building block of civic engagement, write Dr. Alister Martin and Sammer...
We Can Boost Low Vaccination Rates The Same Way We Raise Voter Turnout
We use traditional get-out-the-vote tactics to vaccinate people in the hardest-hit communities: text messaging, phone banking and door-knocking, write David Velasquez and Alister Martin.
Hope For The Homeless And Sick
Hospitals can help the chronically homeless -- high users of emergency departments -- find housing, write Dr. Alister Martin and David Velasquez.
From The ER To Nowhere: GOP's Health Care Bill Threatens Opioid Addiction Treatment
On the front line of the opioid crisis, emergency physicians Alister Martin and Nathan Kunzler implore: less lip service, more drug rehabilitation services.
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A Prescription To Treat Homelessness In Boston, Threatened
Now more than ever, writes emergency physician Alister Martin, we must be committed to putting patients over politics. Protecting Medicaid funding is one place to start.