Jim Chen

MD with an interest in improving healthcare delivery, personalized medicine and using social media to empower patients in making their healthcare decisions

[Jim Chen @JimChenMD]

@DrIbram Wow this aged better than my whisky.

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@melissaFTW I’m 29 but I loved reading these. It’s so inspirational to know that such tenacity exists across all age brackets. Thank you all for my daily dose of warm and fuzzies in today’s chaotic world.

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@coffeeheadaches @Libbyextra Somehow I was suddenly transported back to medical school days and seeing teratomas in the path lab....

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@jkwillettmd $149.00 for a CBC is THE most absurd thing I have ever heard of in my life

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@PCSOjackson @felly500 Orange County, California, USA

[Doctor Elle @McknightmdEllen]

This is a complete denigration of our professionalism. How have MDs allowed this to happen?This translates into time taken away from our pts https://t.co/9HmdSChhx9

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@drjohnm I work at a lab that offers competitive pricing for PCPs. The ones we work w don’t cherrypick, r happy, n rewardd 4 keeping pts out of hosp

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@McknightmdEllen A wellness visit does not deal with new or existing problems!? How is that being well!? Someone please throw them a dictionary...

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@jsekharan @kevinmd You and I know it most certainly won't help with acute trauma and emergencies, rather for chronic Dx like CVD, T2DM, HTN

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@jsekharan @kevinmd Evidence shows primary prevention and care is more cost effective than tertiary care. Reshuffle funds that way

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After moving to the US I finally realise and understand the quagmire its healthcare system is in....

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@McknightmdEllen Met a few DPCs over the last few months since moving here and they are the happiest Drs that I've met!

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@McknightmdEllen After moving to the US from Australia I completely understand your sentiment

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What are people's thoughts on this? #BetterYou https://t.co/fQZ1IGfUCV via @WIRED

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@captainchief55 @FowlCanuck spot on. But needs to be done tactfully and targeted without involving innocent hardworking Americans

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The teenage brain and #alcohol .

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Binge nation. An infographic worth looking at #BetterYou

[Jim Chen @JimChenMD]

.@NIH fact sheet states 97000 cases of alcohol related sexual assault and rape in US colleges https://t.co/MMbaSjso3F

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#FASD is a lifelong affliction that is easily prevented #BetterYou

[Jim Chen @JimChenMD]

@ralanshirley @felly500 satisfaction is based on answering pt's true concerns. U find that and u have a happy pt.