“These drugs don't prevent people from going into nursing homes or developing severe dementia in the future,” [@UCSF geriatrician Eric] Widera said. “So we’re not preventing those costs — we're just delaying them by a quarter- to a half-year.” https://t.co/DluwUcCeYv
Happy to finally see this one in print! "Using phenotypic data from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to predict discharge" 😀✅📰 @evasilevskis@DoctorJesseMD@VUMChealth https://t.co/RAe1k3enZr
#medtwitter: Please watch #thisisgoingtohurt on @AMCPlus Aside from not wearing appropriate eye protection during deliveries… it’s almost a little too accurate
When residents are working 80+ hours per week, the last thing they need is additional clerical work… yet logging duty hours is just that.
But when compared to a gold-standard of GPS monitoring, use of the EMR correlates well with work hours.
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Felt truly seen while reading this 😭 Unsure of how we could make their suggestions a reality at the majority of healthcare organizations
Childcare Stress and Professional Outcomes Among US Health Care Workers During COVID-19 https://t.co/g6uHAGXlvj via @JAMANetworkOpen
Such a cool program to see in real time as a medical student. Nice to see the outcomes like length of stay improving years later… slowly
https://t.co/0bAXAptcfw #hospitalist
PrEP for COVID? Whoa. “Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling suggest that activity against currently circulating subvariants (Omicron BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5) appears to be retained for 6 months…” #covid#fda https://t.co/Oyt5XLhlcV
Loss of civility is one of the roots of our current political crisis…Without recognizing each other’s humanity, compromise, dialogue, and solutions remain a distant memory
A1: Navigating a shifting schedule both at work and at home was tough. I didn’t get parental leave but used up other leave as maternity leave, and was worried about baby switching to bottle in time #JHMChat
Some quality-improvement efforts tap into physicians’ intrinsic motivations for giving their patients the best possible care. How can we scale up such promising approaches? https://t.co/0f4npYAdNY