Ibis | Past CMO. Md Medicaid Behavioral Health ASO | Former SAMHSA Senior Medical Advisor CSAT | MHSUD/CoCM + Data/Tech/Policy | RT≠Endorsement | Tweets my own
🚨 $2B in MH/SUD grants terminated overnight—layoffs started, programs halted—then reversed in ~24 hours after massive outcry.
“It sent shockwaves... now orgs hesitate on life-saving pilots,” leaders say. Read the fallout: https://t.co/X0O48aOxEm
How fragile is public MH funding?
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@ahier@grok@WhiteHouse I like that direction better. Devil’s in the details, of course. Prioritize patient safety, quality and choice over profit, while also balancing pop/public health costs.
@rgergelymd@dirkstanley We patients should always be able to aggregate our own healthcare data - whichever doctor/hospital/lab/rad it comes from - into a an HIE or other secure platform THAT WE CONTROL ACCESS TO.
Yet data retains verifiability so practitioners can trust it.
@NDAcademic @Gabby_Brauner27 Replace “research” with “biochem” or “anatomy” or “surgery rotation”. How many topics are essential to medicine, yet not really related to what you wind up actually doing?
One of the biggest misconceptions about opioid use disorder (OUD) is that those struggling with addiction are there by choice. OUD is a disease just like diabetes, and we are lucky to have safe and effective treatments available to treat it.
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@dawso007 I Appreciate your work George. I stopped blogging years ago because it ate up too much time. When I retire, I expect to start it up again. (Recently started something “simple” on https://t.co/uPw6lddKcq).
The CAN piece = Yes. BPD angle is old.
From Auvelity to Zurzuvae, here's a timeline of psych-related FDA approvals and updates from the past year
Gone OTC: Naloxone and BCP
New formulations: Rykindo, Austedo XR, Uzedy, Asimtufii, Brixadi
from @ChrisAikenMD 's upcoming talk for NC #Psychiatry Assoc in Myrtle Beach SC
@runaway_vol@jenbegakis Ok, pretty sure the other reference was from watching Ted Lasso last night. It was the one where they went to Amsterdam. I recall it being quite witty. A true #Lasso fan can provide the actual quote.