James Colbert

Internal Medicine Physician with Expertise in Population Health: Spend my time @memorahealth, Harvard Med School & @newtonwellesley

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

I am thrilled to be joining @memorahealth as Senior Vice President of Care Delivery. Looking forward to being a part of the amazing team @mnvsevak has built to transform care for patients and providers!

[Memora Health @memorahealth]

We're excited to announce the promotion of Omar Nagji to CCO and welcome @jcolbertmd as SVP of Care Delivery. They bring a depth of experience that will help in our mission to transform the care delivery process for patients and their care teams. More at https://t.co/T5wNLTgHDG.

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

Re: J&J 72% vs Pfizer/Moderna 95% – it's sorta like comparing scores of golfers who teed off during a calm morning to those who teed off at 1pm when winds were howling. While it's hard to make precise adjustment, it's clear that equally good play will result in different scores.

[Dara Lee Lewis, MD @daraleelewismd]

Rest in power Dr Bernard Lown 1921-2021. You have left the world with the defibrillator, the CCU, and perhaps saved us from nuclear war - but most importantly you taught generations of trainees to “do more FOR our patients and less TO them”. We have lost a giant today.

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

I spoke with PCPs from across Massachusetts to learn how they have modified their offices to care for patients during the pandemic ⁦@Coverage_BCBSMA⁩ ⁦@BCBSMA⁩ https://t.co/UeDcNrMTAi

[Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP @rkwadhera]

Amazing @NEJM piece about the "Untold Toll" of the pandemic on patients *without* #COVID19

"Perhaps the greatest challenge is an invisible one: How do we help people who are afraid to seek care to begin with." - @LisaRosenbaum17

https://t.co/pe849IRJi5

[Coverage @Coverage_BCBSMA]

Dr. Jamie Colbert of @newtonwellesley and @BCBSMA explains how staying at home can save lives. #socialdistancing #coronavirus #COVID19 https://t.co/IZEqnk8SE4

[Coverage @Coverage_BCBSMA]

Dr. Jamie Colbert of @newtonwellesley @bcbsma asks: what lessons can be applied to the future of primary care after the #coronavirus pandemic? One might hinge on the role of #telehealth. https://t.co/yY1GGJ6zr3

[Coverage @Coverage_BCBSMA]

Proud to share the 8th installment in our Heroes on the Front Line series, amplifying the urgent, eloquent messages of #Massachusetts doctors, nurses, NPs and PAs. Today, Dr. Adam Lurie of @newtonwellesley talks to @BCBSMA's @jcolbertMD.
https://t.co/xIdF2uPRIG

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

“The way we practice medicine is being flipped on its head.” My interview with Dr ⁦@laxswamy⁩ now on ⁦@Coverage_BCBSMA⁩ site. https://t.co/4RzJNGo3At

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

COVID-19 has shifted primary care to a telehealth-first model. Can this trend continue once we are on the other side of the pandemic? ⁦@Coverage_BCBSMA⁩ ⁦@MWFriedberg⁩ https://t.co/jTA3e2QwTP

[KerryHowley @KerryHowley]

My son just asked me if I when I was little I had to stay inside for COVIDs 1 through 18

[Ken Mandl @mandl]

.@hmkyale’s important call in today's @washingtonpost for wearing masks in hospitals to prevent nosocomial #covid19 transmission. Hospitals: PLEASE LISTEN.

https://t.co/Ew7R64efpV

[Shawn Martin @rshawnm]

Also, this is important:

"medical residents will have more flexibility to provide services under the direction of the teaching physician.

Wait for it:

"teaching physicians can now also provide supervision virtually using audio/video communication technology."

[Seth Trueger @MDaware]

seriously everyone this is absolutely amazing

[Dave A. Chokshi, MD @davechokshi]

The science on convalescent plasma for #COVID19 is still emerging. But this morning I find some hope in its metaphor: that people and communities who have endured COVID-19 will be the ones to help those fighting it. https://t.co/SZrhjQkOrs

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

Helpful video for frontline clinicians on how to safely reuse N95. https://t.co/bHZlMzuEiI

[Farzad Mostashari @Farzad_MD]

New York City Emergency Room visits continued the downward trajectory through the weekend!

I'm hoping we see a blunting of the hospitalization rate soon.

We may have turned the corner on infections, though ICU admissions and deaths will not peak for 1-2 weeks.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Going forward: the big #COVID19 questions that need to be addressed https://t.co/20cXUtdKCL by @mlipsitch and colleagues
and in @NEJM correspondence

[Irin Carmon @irin]

At Mt Sinai, the chief of obstetrics “Brodman said eight nurses and four doctors in labor and delivery have been diagnosed with the virus.” https://t.co/NjfS9v2bUs

[James Colbert @jcolbertMD]

Curious to understand what the plan is to utilize these new doctors who have not yet been through internship or residency. They will require close supervision. Can they start internships early?

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

Medical schools in New York and Boston are moving to award early M.D.'s to their fourth-year students https://t.co/yNE8mRTXA3