Sarah Follman

EM NCSP scholar interested in admin, quality+safety, addiction med, psych emergencies, trauma-informed care, health disparities, provider wellness.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner I’m confused as to why we should switch IDR plans vs waiting out the SAVE switch. Can you clarify?

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@BRoseMDMPH @olsonplanner I received the same letter and initially panicked, but then I read the fine print and my interest rate is listed as 0% during the forebearance.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

In honor of my mom who passed away from pancreatic cancer 8 days ago, my sister and I have a fundraiser for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network that ends today at 11:59 ET.

https://t.co/H7WFGt2Tkn

[Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA @DrDiGiorgio]

Doctors order CTs for every minor head bump, not because it's good medicine, but because it’s legally safe.

Missing a trivial brain bleed? Career-ending.

But irradiating 20 people to find one? No lawsuit. No friction. No second thought.

Yet this new @UCSF study shows that medical radiation causes up to 5% of all U.S. cancers.

Overtesting isn’t benign. It's just delayed harm that no one tracks back to us.

This is exactly what @ThomasSowell meant by unseen trade-offs. We protect ourselves from rare, immediate harms by inflicting diffuse, long-term ones. The incentives are perfectly misaligned.

Real policy fix?

For non-emergencies, adding cost friction isn't a bad thing. "Just taking a look" isn't harmless. It also shouldn't be "free."

We also need to enact common-sense med mal reform that distinguishes rare misses from negligence.

Build a culture of risk literacy, not just risk aversion.

Until then, we’ll keep harming more patients to protect fewer doctors, and feel morally superior doing it.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner So why did I get an email today saying that my interest is accruing on forebearance? I’m on SAVE.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@aribindi An alternative take would be to advocate for changing reimbursement for EM to reflect the fact that we are available 24/7. There is value in our 24/7 availability that is not reflected in reimbursement measures. I do not mind working nights when it feels fairly compensated.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@DreamBiggerLLC @olsonplanner I’m so confused by this. My recertification has been pushed so many times that it’s been hard to keep track of when I really do need to recertify.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner Was this formally announced? It’s been radio silence from Mohela for months.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner I am assuming I’m on the administrative forbearance they put everyone on, but I never received any emails to that effect. Am just going by what I’m reading in the news.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@AEslamiDO @olsonplanner It’s so weird because I have received zero emails about it from Mohela.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner Is it possible that people currently on SAVE would not be able to continue our plans? There’s no way I can afford the standard repayment on my fellowship salary and am worried about how I’d manage.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

I cannot believe graduation is already here - it is surreal! I grateful to have trained at @UChicagoEM, and I am going to genuinely miss everyone. 🩷💕
We did it! 🎉🎉🎉

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@BeingDrBernice My thoughts exactly

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@HannahFollmanTV @kithanleytv Are those good dogs that I see?!!

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

My two puppers are on the official cheer squad for @HannahFollmanTV.

[Hannah Follman @HannahFollmanTV]

I can confirm the cheesecake was 10/10!😍 Or should I say 13.1/10😂 So fun being interviewed by the one and only @kithanleytv 🎉

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@HannahFollmanTV @FOX59 @CBS4Indy Hi, Theodore. You’re a good dog.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@HannahFollmanTV @FOX59 @CBS4Indy It’s Ted!! 🩷🐶

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@olsonplanner I cannot find $1,500 rent unless I have roommates or figure out a creative living situation.

[Sarah Follman @SarahFollman]

@trpender My designated nickname in the ER is “Blanket.”