Alex Anderson

Dad. Husband. People-Person. Systems-Thinker. Social Justice Seeker. Transit Advocate. Health Care Researcher. Polymath.

[Alex Anderson @alexanderhander]

Health Equity: the most important place to focus for health and health care improvement. https://t.co/0Wn1pvF4wF

[Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) @TheIHI]

New health #equity guide available for health care organizations https://t.co/bnZKfH7vqi #healthequity

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Check out some of the work of 100m Lives: To have prosperity we need #healthequitynow RT if agree #100mlives https://t.co/bKtAEoYr57

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@madgeatihi Thanks to all for joining #WIHI with @TheIHI and join us next time to discuss Joy in Work on May 5

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@mladerman The will to stop the epidemic is there. Time to develop the ideas and reverse the crisis community by community @TheIHI #WIHI

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@LindsayRMartin Successful improvement isn't focused on blame; focused on cross-cutting resourcing/designs in the community @TheIHI #WIHI

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Dr. Joel from @KPShare: what we did to improve can be done anywhere. @TheIHI #WIHI

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Pharamacies drug take back programs are one step to get the supply under control. @TheIHI #WIHI

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From @TheIHI #WIHI chat: What can med students do? Improved initial education; alternative pain mgmt; interact with young ppl in schools

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Joel: Goal is not to blame doctors; process to rethink and improvement practice @TheIHI #WIHI

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#WIHI listener comment: MDs blamed 15 yrs ago for NOT doing enough for pain mgmt. Now, blame for too much prescribing. @TheIHI #WIHI

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Ideas for safety: Needle exchanges. Safe injections sites. Others? @TheIHI #WIHI

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@madgeatihi similarities to antibiotics overuse? @LindsayRMartin some similarities. Diverge at addictive nature of opioids. @TheIHI #WIHI

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@LindsayRMartin What about palliative care? EndofLife pain mgmt is top priority. opioids are appropriate for terminal pts. @TheIHI #WIHI

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Joel: Does lower opioid prescribing lead to more heroin use? Unclear from @KPShare view. Working with Public Health to track. @TheIHI #WIHI

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@mladerman MentalHealth integration with primary care provides oppty for imprvmnt to support indivs living with addiction @TheIHI #WIHI

[Alex Anderson @alexanderhander]

Joseph Foster: Marketing from Pharma + Over prescribing from well meaning doctors = overdose epidemic

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"We cannot arrest our way out of the problem" -Joeseph Foster, AG for New Hampshire @TheIHI #WIHI

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Fentanyl rising in utilization. 50x more powerful than heroin. @TheIHI #WIHI

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91.5% of all New Hampshire drug deaths cause by opiates/opioids @TheIHI #WIHI

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New Hampshire Drug Deaths per 100k population: 50/year before 2000. 400+/year in 2015 @TheIHI #WIHI