About Critical Good
Welcome to Critical Good, a platform dedicated to increasing social impact through emergency medicine. We believe emergency care has extraordinary potential—not just for saving individual lives, but for significantly improving global health outcomes. Critical Good serves as a central resource and community for doctors, policymakers, researchers, and advocates committed to high impact emergency medicine.
Our Vision
We envision a world where emergency medicine is not only responsive but strategically impactful, contributing actively toward universal health coverage, global disease control priorities, and maximal mortality benefit.
Theory of Change
We believe emergency physicians have the power to not only save individual lives but to also drive systemic change. We focus on strategic and actionable insights that can be deployed at the bedside (and beyond) to save more lives and improve health outcomes. Our theory of change is simple:
Insights → Awareness
We analyze and share insights on how emergency care can be optimized for greater impact. We identify high impact interventions, resource allocation strategies, policy levers, and innovative care models.
Awareness → Action
By equipping doctors, policymakers, and educators with pragmatic and actionable insights, we supercharge clinical practice and enable better decision-making. We advocate for individual-level and system-wide improvements in training, resource allocation, and emergency care delivery.
Action → Measurable Impact
When emergency care is optimized for effectiveness, more lives are saved per dollar spent, emergency systems become more resilient, and physicians extend their impact beyond the bedside.
About the Founder
Dylan Collins MD, PhD, is a physician and clinical epidemiologist focused on increasing social impact through emergency medicine. Dylan combines frontline clinical experience with expertise in global health systems development, clinical epidemiology, and social impact.
The Impact You Can Have
We're building something meaningful and we need your help. If you want to contribute to our vision, the most important step is subscribing to our newsletter so that we can send timely information right to your inbox. Then read our work, provide feedback, and test our insights in the real world. No spam, no nonsense, we promise.