Our paper in PNAS found that in nearly 200 PCPs across UCLA Health’s Primary Care Network, peer comparison messaging not only failed to improve preventive care performance, but also worsened physician well-being. However, training…https://t.co/QtPvy6EymR https://t.co/nOVQ1cnpfK
We evaluated changes in health screening rates before and during the pandemic @UCLA_GIMHSR and published the results in the @JournalGIM. Screening rates were reduced and did not fully recover to pre-pandemic. Check out the article @PubMedOnline. https://t.co/Mqs1hSZxN1
Two noteworthy criticisms of value-based health care this week.
First up, @sacjai, highlighting that many VBC models overemphasize the 'saving $' part of the value equation over 'improving quality' - PARTICULARLY when high quality care costs $$.
https://t.co/gw1bWHzCMU
This randomized quality improvement trial found that simple priming electronic messages prior to fecal immunochemical test (FIT) Kit campaigns improved overall colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake. https://t.co/5sMfzSlMQB
@hengchen_dai, @silvia_saccardo, & colleagues published article today in @Nature: https://t.co/Hd5akUPSzT. Bit last min, but given it's FINAL Nudge version &... your famous procrastination, perhaps u could squeeze 1-2 sent on our work b4 ur book is released tomorrow @R_Thaler!?
Delta variant is increasing #COVID infections globally. What we SAY & what we DO matters! Just published in @Nature, we demonstrate that text messages informed by behavioral science increase COVID-19 vaccination. https://t.co/Hd5akUPSzT. @UCLAHealth@uclaanderson@CarnegieMellon
Evidence shows engaging patients in selecting a screening test improves compliance with #ColorectalCancer screening. Talk to your patients about their screening options and encourage them to #getscreened today! #UCLAColonChampion
Looking forward to the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds tomorrow by Quality Fellow Dr. Camille Soroudi (@Dr_Soroudi) & Quality Director Dr. Daniel Croymans (@danielcroymans)
Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening @UCLAHealth during #COVID19
Tagging UCLA Colleagues to join us!
So proud of our UCLA MyLife team for our publication showing the potential of telehealth and wearables in promoting healthier lifestyle & weight loss in primary care! @dcroymans @Nakhasi_MD @CareMoreHealth @UCLAHealth@HC_TheJournal@sacjai https://t.co/SHlPXHC4Ms
This is my dad. He’s an oncologist in East TN. He’s high risk, but for the past 9 months, he’s seen patients every day, the same as he’s done for the last 40 years.
Today, he got the #COVID19 vaccine.
Today was a good day. +
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Shouting in all caps doesn’t make it true. You and your supporters lost every single voter fraud case. Every. Single. One.
Instead of pouting, please do your job. The virus is surging. We are in a recession. Russia hacked us, again. Where are you?