Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM

Internal Medicine Hospitalist at UPMC. Tweets are my own.

[Nadeen Sarsour, MD @NadeenSarsour]

Enjoying our mid-day break with team journal club and Pittsburgh fall weather! (Think I can convince my interns to love GI?) #WaterFallTrial #GITwitter @PittGIM @DeMadaria @Ngozi_OsujiMD @BedoyaMD @DavidNewhouse37 @PittIMChiefs

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@ErinMcCreary What you and I talked about a while back!

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@ChuangCynthia @myheroistrane @DauphinCounty @GovernorTomWolf “Reopen” [sic] in Haste, repent at leisure

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@myheroistrane #tellmemore

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

A thread for families with small children that spend time near water.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.”

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said ‘yes,’ when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to somebody else.”

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@DrLizFederici Hey, @DrLizFederici !

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

1. Question assumptions
2. Reason through logic
3. Diversify thought

I often try to practice these on the wards with residents / students. Great exercise.

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Critical thinking sounds easy, but it’s rare in practice.
https://t.co/f1ybfE4Ctp

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@IAmDrIbrahim 1. Ceftriaxone +/- azithromycin
2. Lasix
3. Duonebs
4. Apixaban
5. Crystalloid

(Tried to be representative)

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@VPrasadMDMPH Thanks for sharing this perspective. I too often teach the 30,000 foot view. I agree that the big picture approach is key to offering patient-centered care.

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

Thought-provoking. A paradigm shift is needed. Opinion | The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses - The New York Times https://t.co/BiAdHkMQ62

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.”

[Rick Bedoya, MD FACP FHM @BedoyaMD]

@PennStHershey I think you mean @WilliamKJens

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Burnout appears in the form of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy.
https://t.co/11sHG90XFF

[Rachel Werner @rm_werner]

Our new research @JAMAInternalMed

Patients are often discharged from SNF right before copays go up--day 20. Those discharge more likely to be minorities/live in lower SES areas. Raises many concerns of unintended consequences of the payment structure

https://t.co/1PozEM3SJ2