Christina Cutter MD MSc

Emergency Medicine I National Clinician Scholar I Health Systems and Implementation Science I @UMichMedicine @UM_IHPI @ncspMICHIGAN

[JAMA Internal Medicine @JAMAInternalMed]

Wide inter- and intra-hospital variations in low-value preoperative testing before low-risk surgery in Michigan suggest opportunities to improve value-based perioperative care https://t.co/Cbothm1EN0 @NickBerlin_MD @EveKerrMD @DrHariNathan @leslydossett

[Nicholas L. Berlin MD, MPH, MS @NickBerlin_MD]

At 63 hospitals in @michiganvalue:

Panel A shows the wide range of testing rates for three low-risk surgeries separately.

Panel B shows how the testing rate for the three surgeries varied within hospitals.

[Nicholas L. Berlin MD, MPH, MS @NickBerlin_MD]

🚨Out today @JAMAInternalMed 🚨

We assessed patterns of preoperative testing before low-risk surgery in Michigan.

These are high-volume services w/ strong evidence that they have no clinical benefit & can lead to cascades of invasive diagnostic testing.

https://t.co/ItXJmnIIko

[UM V-BID Center @UM_VBID]

Will employees continue to utilize telehealth benefits post-COVID? https://t.co/8reXu89btO @CutterC_MD

[Lewis Levy, MD, FACP @lewismlevy]

Galvanizing stakeholders around a value-based “new normal” for #telehealth based in research.

It's a momentous opportunity to ensure telehealth's lasting impact on better individual & pop health outcomes and reduce disparities in care. https://t.co/MA9LA321DE @Health_Affairs

[Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) @cromwick]

Improve Emergency Care? Pandemic Helps Point the Way
https://t.co/P4IhUlAhqp
by @afrakt

See also this excellent telemedicine brief by @CutterC_MD @NickBerlin_MD & Mark Fendrick @UM_VBID
https://t.co/qSglmsZWME

[U-M ACRU @UM_ACRU]

@UM_ACRU @RANDCorporation Abir @NCSPMichigan @CutterC_MD On @NPR this morning COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Surging. Where Are Hospitals Reaching Capacity? https://t.co/xpB217q1Xn @UM_IHPI @UMichiganEM @umichmedicine @neumar_robert

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

Our next @altarum_shss blog by @um_vbid's Christina M. Cutter, Nicholas L. Berlin, and A. Mark Fendrick capitalizes on the natural experiment afforded by the #COVID19 #pandemic and proposes a value-driven #telehealth policy and research agenda. https://t.co/9dp9fbccid

[Christina Cutter MD MSc @CutterC_MD]

Thank you to co-author Nicholas Berlin (@NickBerlin_MD), #mentortothemax Mark Fendrick (@UM_VBID), @healthaffairs, UM Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, and @altarum for this opportunity.

The Team. The Team. The Team.

[Christina Cutter MD MSc @CutterC_MD]

🚨 Today in @HealthAffairs 🚨

Establishing a Value-Based “New Normal” for Telehealth

The future of #telehealth should be grounded in a value-based framework

https://t.co/pRV0GAsMXv

[Christina Cutter MD MSc @CutterC_MD]

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