Maria Pisu

Rhythm, RUTH, Wii Can, economic burden of cancer...follow my cool projects for cancer survivors with Michelle Martin @ UAB Division of Preventive Medicine.

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

Lay Health Worker–Led Intervention May Improve Care for Low-Income and Minority Patients With Cancer - The ASCO Post https://t.co/afE8KTN8eK

[Gabrielle @GRocqueMD]

Share your experience during the #COVID19 pandemic to inform #breastcancer #ClinicalTrials! @TheTBCRC is looking for patients with early stage or #MetastaticBC to take an anonymous online survey. Survey link is: https://t.co/7p1jEi6zXs. Please share and spread the word. #BCSM

[Courtney Williams, DrPH @cphilwil]

"On average, older adults on Medicare spent $5,801 out-of-pocket for health care in 2017 — 36% of the average annual Social Security benefit of $16,104"

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

Retweet if you want @SpeakerPelosi and @senatemajldr to impeach and remove Donald Trump so he cannot run in 2024

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

This!

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

If you don't quite understand what horror the Trump administration inflicted today on transgender and non-binary people seeking medical care and why we're scared, let me tell you a quick story.

[TW: transphobia, trans death]

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[NCI Cancer Control @NCICancerCtrl]

NEW! Revised definitions of #CancerSurvivor and #CancerSurvivorshipResearch announced by @theNCI. Learn more on the redesigned NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship’s website! https://t.co/4HQvWfNquB #cancersurvivorship

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

Time to pay attention to this
Kaiser Family Foundation/LA Times Survey Of Adults With Employer-Sponsored Insurance - Section 2: Affordability of health care and insurance https://t.co/NcPhCszsnD

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

not surprising but very important to show this

[Yousuf Zafar, MD MHS @yzafar]

Compared to pts w/o a #cancer diagnosis, those w/cancer & high-deductible health plans were more like to delay/forgo cancer care

Critical lesson for payers: high cost sharing for cancer care might increase costs & worsen outcomes due to delays.

https://t.co/vaE6uqU7Mr @JOP_ASCO

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

@SenPiasen1969 @GulfStatesHPC @reginabenjamin

[Mona Shah @Mona__Shah]

New #funding opportunity from @RWJF @Policies4Action to support new researchers working to advance #equity, #diversity, and #inclusion in #policy. https://t.co/E1lUbgdxV3

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

Unreal!

[Yousuf Zafar, MD MHS @yzafar]

Rural hospitals are closing. This data is so important. #Cancer patients traveling longer distances are more likely to:

-Face greater cost
-Get admitted to ICU
-Get care at sites w/o oncology care

Great work @GRocqueMD @StephWheelerUNC @MariaPisu1 et al @JCO_ASCO

@DukeForge

[KFF @KFF]

NEW: On May 19, average out-of-pocket spending for people with employer coverage meets the average deductible. It’s what we call Deductible Relief Day.

Since 2009, deductibles are 150% higher, and people cross this threshold two months later. https://t.co/DlnptoOoLO

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Removing #costsharing increased primary care #access & did not negatively affect total #costofcare. Patients experienced a lower total healthcare spending trend through decreases in medical #utilization, driven by less use of the ED. @AJMC_Journal @UM_VBID https://t.co/J4m302f4lN

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

Check out what we found abt #costofcare conversations from #Cancer survivors and staff at @ONealCancerUAB. @RWJF @UABSOM @UABNews | Ann Intern Med | ACP | https://t.co/6XKH69GdPK

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

Honored to have been part of this effort and to provide
guidance on how to do #costofcare conversations for #Cancer patients ! @RWJF @ONealCancerUAB
@UABSOM @UABNews

[Annals of Int Med @AnnalsofIM]

If you’re not talking to patients about #costofcare, you should start. A #free supplement to @AnnalsofIM funded by @RWJF includes 8 articles that can help plan your discussions. First up, learn 7 Habits for highly effective cost of care conversations https://t.co/317yU3BOvg.

[Maria Pisu @MariaPisu1]

@DrTiffanyCarson @BehavioralMed @drmonicabaskin @DoriPekmezi Done!

[Grant R. Williams, MD, MSPH, FASCO @GrantWilliamsMD]

Our recent article in @CAonline highlighting the high level of unmet social support needs in #GeriOnc @CARG_Research @myCARG

[ACS Journal Cancer @JournalCancer]

High levels of unmet social support needs exist among older adults w/ cancer, particularly in informational & medical sub-domains. A proposition of new care models to address these issues: https://t.co/olrVKXzrmK #GeriOnc @myCARG @UAB_ICOS @UABCancerCenter