Brett Swenson, MD

Membership Medicine Physician, Patient Experience Specialist, Healthcare Technology, @UCSFmedicine alum

[Brett Swenson, MD @Healthtechdoc]

@RasuShrestha @JoeBabaian @commonhealth @nickisnpdx @gnayyar @EMRAnswers @wareFLO @StephenKonya @CancerGeek @MandiBPro @dchou1107 Rule for EMRs: Data gathering should be passive. Clinicians should not have to enter more than minimal, critical information #AI @ahier

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

"Our study shows there is no support for the continued use of #ivermectin in treating COVID-19" – Sir Nicholas White

Study supports evidence that ivermectin is ineffective at treating #COVID-19 https://t.co/n3uxtscwOK via @medical_xpress

#ScienceUpFirst

[Blake Madden 🏥 @B_Madden4]

In 2021, Private equity invested $151 billion into healthcare, a freaking massive sum of money in a $4.3 trillion industry.

Here's a primer on how the private equity playbook works in healthcare.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Just out @NEJM, a "milestone"
The level of neutralizing antibodies induced by Covid vaccines has been established as a correlate of protection, i.e. a surrogate endpoint for predicting clinical outcomes and use for regulatory approvals
https://t.co/CLMoASrRnt

[George Lakoff @GeorgeLakoff]

All thought is carried out by neural circuitry — it does not float in air. Language neurally activates thought. Language can thus change brains, both for the better and the worse.

[Brett Swenson, MD @Healthtechdoc]

@awilkinson Concierge Medicine

[Brett Swenson, MD @Healthtechdoc]

@jfschneidr What does “utilization of a doctor’s schedule” mean? In real life, the utilization of a doctor schedule is about 120%.

[Rasu Shrestha MD MBA @RasuShrestha]

Amazon to buy One Medical in $3.5 billion all cash deal

https://t.co/kFqk2bKZ0R

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Americans spent ~$50 billion on vitamins and supplements in 2021. A new systematic review of 84 studies shows they are a "waste of money," lacking value in non-pregnant adults, and specifically risk of beta-carotene and lack of Vit E effect @JAMA_current

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

I think a lot of people assume #LongCovid is a continuation of the acute COVID symptoms, that just take a long time to get over.

In reality it is an often delayed onset of *new* neurological, immunological, cardiovascular, and systemic symptoms.

1/

[Leana Wen, M.D. @DrLeanaWen]

Stunning data from @CDCgov: Unvaccinated people 65 & up are 52X more likely to be hospitalized from #covid19 compared to the vaccinated/boosted.

For 50-64 year olds, the difference is 46X.

Major difference in every age group, including 12-17 year olds.

https://t.co/gX4j0lk9O7

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

How to reduce your chance of dying from Covid by 99%?
Get vaccinated and a booster.
One of the most impressive graphs I've seen for the impact of vaccination in the US pandemic
(thanks @redouad @OurWorldinData for re-plotting my makeshift graph from earlier today)

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

I haven’t met a physician yet who wants to practice within the confines of an 8 minute visit. This is what happens when care gets paid for via procedural codes & not by any measure of patient health outcomes.

[C. Michael Gibson MD @CMichaelGibson]

Mask-wearing cuts #COVID19 incidence by 53%, says global study https://t.co/FCQZmMfNY2

[Dr. Amit Arya @AmitAryaMD]

End-of-life care at hospice: 1 nurse for 5 patients. Palliative care trained physician on site daily. All health workers trained in palliative care.

End-of-life care at LTC: 1 nurse for 25 patients in the day, 50 at night. Physician on site every 1-2 weeks. No required training.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The 1st randomized trial of a booster (3rd) shot in 10,000 people, placebo-controlled, shows 95.6% efficacy, with 5 cases (Pfizer vaccine) vs 109 in placebo group, Delta variant, broad benefit across age groups https://t.co/TQpF35d8Jk

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

This deep look from @zeynep at who the unvaccinated really are is spectacularly good.

Eg: "The most powerful predictor of who remained unvaccinated was not age, politics, race, income or location, but the lack of health insurance."

https://t.co/ZZELjEmrwy

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

A new study found that vaccinated people with breakthrough infections were less likely to spread Covid. Not only does getting vaccinated reduce your risk of becoming seriously ill from the virus, it also protects those around you.

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

COVID Update: First data from an oral at-home anti-viral from Merck are in.

50% reduction in hospitalizations. Trial halted, EUA on the way. 1/

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The Phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled monoclonal antibody combination trial in outpatients with Covid: marked reduction in risk of hospitalization and death @NEJM https://t.co/OJqJcHaImZ

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Masks work in schools to prevent covid in children
2 new @CDCMMWR reports today
Large impact 😷😷
US https://t.co/5nsOPJV9WG
Arizona
https://t.co/6mev7hCG7A
And 96% US schools have remained open in the Delta wave (3rd report)