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📍MORE DEATHS WHEN ICU OVERLOADED. We always feared it but now we have proof that #COVID19 patients have 2.35x the risk of death when ICU is over 100% load, compared to <25%.
➡️Even when ICU is not overloaded at 75-100%, there is 67% higher risk of death. https://t.co/hdnu8IHlKX
From the @AP: Northside Hospital Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Georgia recently added a new prefabricated inpatient unit to care for COVID patients. The hospital is the first in the Southeast to install the units created by a Wisconsin-based company. https://t.co/pkz57iYHtb
Our 2020 Family Physician of the Year is - you, the nations 135,000 family physicians, in recognition of your selfless service to patients and communities each day. We are proud of you, applaud you and today we celebrate you!
Last week despite vacation I was frustrated and exhausted. I have had 3 meetings since Thursday where I focused on diversity and health equity (and got to deliver some babies). My passion projects help reinvigorate me. Thanks @AAFP and @TheAFMRD for giving me this space!
Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System, intended to incentivize quality, appears to reward well-off health systems and penalize smaller practices and those serving disadvantaged populations https://t.co/aNpvxZsz1b @CHColla@Asaf_Bitton