Andrew Jamieson

Rural medical generalist, now strategic administrator. Bit obsessive about quality. Retweets may not be endorsements. Views and opinions are mine.

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@DocOnSkis @DGlaucomflecken Going north? https://t.co/RZvbsyNUeH

[Louella Vaughan @DrLKVaughan]

Reconfiguration of emergency services has been a major direction of travel over the past 3 decades.

Closing EDs supposedly results in better and safer care for patients. But this is true?

@John_P_Browne and I looked at the evidence. A 🧵

https://t.co/i4oWdG48W5

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@SystemSunday What’s a fl oz and an lb?

[Suzanne Robinson @RobinsonSuz]

Justin Manual @wachs presenting on work in rural and remote WA, the world beyond telehealth key drivers are equity and access, along with consumer and workforce capacity. @digihealthcrc @TheInstituteDH

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

#RMA22 Thanks Dr Murphy; your operational insights are great to hear. Would have been nice to have Mr Butler here though. Pollie score: opposition 2 government 0.

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@WAAMBMEDIC …and it’s harvest time, and the wife made me come in

[Ben Dodds @bdodds12]

This week your #RuralGeneralist Registrar has:
- Worked in ED, GP and MedEd
- Seen 12mo to 96yo
- Helped mental health patients, managed chronic pain, assisted post stroke follow up
- Inserted CVC, run inotropes
- Mx NOF
- Supervised RMOs
Best job ever? @RuralDoctorsAus @ACRRM

[@RuralHC_Aus @RuralHC_Aus]

Dr Murray James Wallace of the Panaceum Group Multidisciplinary Team model of care in WA describes how they do it, what matters, & what makes it possible #NgayubahGadam @ACRRM @RACGP @RuralDoctorsAus @SARRAHealth @CRANAplus @NRHAlliance

[Health Nerd @GidMK]

I commented on it recently, and people have been asking, so here's my brief peer-review of the paper behind the "medical errors are the third leading cause of death" claim in the US

Long story short - it is extremely poor quality 1/n

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@JamesTate121 @threadreaderapp

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@dr_mattmorgan @Qantas Looking forward to having you here Matt!

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@PhilipSerrell Hmmm. Wonder if you’ve lost sensation at the other end too? Keep us posted…..

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[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@TheRealDoctorT @threadreaderapp rollup

[Andrew Jamieson @docandrewj]

@EmilyRowe69 @LoveNotGreed @threadreaderapp roll up

[Ray Farrell @TheTyncker]

Barnaby Joyce telling @PatsKarvelas this morning that Mark McGowan has lost control of WA health care system.

Hospitalisations
NSW 2,712. WA 0
ICU
NSW 189. WA 0
Ventilators
NSW 72. WA 0

They just make shit up.

[Sayed Tabatabai, M.D. @TheRealDoctorT]

There’s a ghost on the corner of 3rd and Broadway

I noticed him the other day, as I made a left turn at the light.

He wasn’t there a week ago.

He must be new.

Nobody I recognize, but then again, his face is blurry and indistinct.

I look at him now, and I drive past. 1/

[Rural Health West @RuralHealthWes1]

WACHS is urgently seeking rural generalists/GPs with anaesthetics, obs & ED skills for Kimberley and Midwest assignments from NOW to end Jan

Excellent daily rates, travel & accom

3 day - 4 week stints available

Contact [email protected] if interested