Natasha Mathur, MD

[Ryan P. Daly, MD @DrRyanPDaly]

I wish so many doctors didn’t trade their health and fitness for their career. As healthleaders we should be health and fitness role models. Medical training is the anti-thesis of this. Insane hours, fragmented sleep and poor access to good food. Kinda goes to credibility No?

[trash jones @jzux]

truly sad the way adulthood kills all your hobbies. i’m lucky if i read 5 books a year. too tired to play guitar. too tired to cook beautiful meals.

we warn people not to make work their identity, but how can you not when work systematically strips away every other part of you?

[ProPublica @propublica]

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.

“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”

The inside story 🧵

[Rian Kabir, MD @RianKMD]

Why do US medical residents work up to 80 hr/week (sometimes more), are often paid minimum wage counting all the work, have extremely high rates of suicide, and work 6 days per week w/ 24+ hr shifts?

The answer lies with cocaine & Dr. William Halsted.

[Kathleen Ackert, DO @AckertKathleen]

Residency is one of the most physically and mentally taxing things I’ve ever done. Here is a phenomenal narrative medicine perspective by one of my very own attendings @journeycancer about protecting our own. Thank you for sharing your story, Drs. Boulay @NEJM #narrativemedicine

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

A resident and a fellow died by suicide this week.

We must do a better job caring for our medical trainees as human beings. We must protect their mental health. We must improve the working conditions for all trainees.

#meded

[Kadijah F Porter MD @KadijahPorterMD]

Why do we (doctors) associate more strenuous and grueling training with better? A resident that suffers through a malignant training program is more competent and ‘prepared’ than one with adequate time off, resources and support? I want yaw to kill that narrative. Respectfully ☺️

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

It’s quite the juxtaposition to take care of patients all day in the name of health while completely failing to fill my own prescriptions or make overdue doctors appointments, eating garbage, and forgetting what exercise feels like.

[Aaron Carr @aaronAcarr]

"Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051."
https://t.co/26b85LFTNL

[Lexie Mannix, MD @ALMannixMD]

Seeing how much the world accepts that it’s impossible to move on after watching CPR really makes me think about how we (medical professionals, especially those who work in Emergency departments) are expected to just move on immediately after a code.

[Laura the Psych Doc @psych_doc_laura]

not a LARGE ACADEMIC HOSPITAL asking already-underpaid medical staff to VOLUNTEER their hours…and in the same email telling them how to pay for parking during said volunteering 🤯 the AUDACITY

[Natalie Crawford, MD @ncrawfordmd]

Let’s imagine for one minute that we let politics dictate who can have treatment for a heart attack.

I’m sorry - since you live in Texas we need to consult the legal team to see if your life is threatened enough to get a cardiac cath and a stent. Wait here and we will see.

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[Zito @_Zeets]

The public mourning during 9/11 is even more curious after the last few years where thousands of people died each day and instead of that being a great tragedy as well, there were demands to go back to work and to learn to live with that level of death.

[Laurie Rachet-Jacquet @laurie_rj]

My second PhD baby is now out in JHE!

In this paper, I explore the effect of short breaks from surgical practice on patient health outcomes in the context of orthopaedic surgery.

Link to the paper for more details👇https://t.co/iKQZFB9yLG

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!

“The link between lack of sleep and cancer is now so strong that the World Health Organization has classified any form of nighttime shift work as a probable carcinogen."

[Natasha Mathur, MD @natashadmathur]

@KripalaniSimran I answered the phone like this… it was my mom…

[[email protected] why not @rebeccawatson]

In the US, teachers buy their own chalk while cops get Captain America shields to protect themselves from women who want healthcare

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

So, is there really NO penalty for Supreme Court justices who commit PERJURY at their Senate confirmation hearing?