Ken Brummel-Smith

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

@wassdoc @GMHarperdoc She is a model for everyone.

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

The Mafia? No - it's pharmaceutical company penalties 1991-2015 https://t.co/U8WVV0WMw4

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Why should 10% of elders live in poverty? Obama finally speaks up - expand SS! https://t.co/m9ha7DV5vm

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Old men still getting too many prostate tests - the need for Right Care! https://t.co/xFGvmx4Lnt @AmerGeriatrics @lowninstitute

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

It goes both ways! @baldheadted @geriken2

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Why healthcare transformation fails https://t.co/ZKJHhaPDGp

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Too many carotid artery scans! Be careful.https://t.co/HjL76AeE12 @lowninstitute @AmerGeriatrics

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

@dtmaust Yikes! Send them this. https://t.co/srebbGKata

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

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[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Social determinants of health are not determinants- they're correlates. Need to change the frame. #Lown2016

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Jeff Brenner (health hot spotter) says "My front desk person and MA were my community health workers."#Lown2016

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Joanne Lynn speaks at Lown Conf. Great stories. #Lown2016 #AdvanceCarePlanning #amergeriatrics

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Lauren Taylor teaches surgeons to share decision making with frail elders. Very Cool!#Lown2016

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

13,000 pts *die* every yr from CAUTIs. New protocol allows nurses to remove Foley w/o physician order, reducing catheters by 20%. #Lown2016

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

"My colleagues used to complain my social histories were too long." V. Saint @lowninstitute #Lown2016

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Only 38% of patients know they can have an ICD deactivated. Few ever discussed deactivation with their physicians. https://t.co/YVYSNmjaBk

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Watch the Glen Campbell movie. It's amazing! https://t.co/GAswprgksr

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

We all care about quality, but spending billions just to report it? What if we spent $1.5 billion providing care?https://t.co/YRexb4gz2B

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Excellent read - read Watcher's book too.https://t.co/qYWrbPocso
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[Paul Tatum @doctatum]

How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers, via @nytimes https://t.co/LSDuXGLQUl

[Ken Brummel-Smith @geriken2]

Oh no! FDA considers allowing big pharma to have even looser restrictions on DTC advertising. https://t.co/i5j9IKFuRe