Pooja Kumar MD MSc

Physician/consultant focused on improving healthcare systems and public health. Views are my own.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize some people waste their entire lives fearing the judgement of people who were never even thinking about them. Nobody is thinking about you. Everybody is too busy thinking about themselves. That thing you’ve always wanted to do? Go do it.

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

@PECOconnect - it is not ok to tell people you will restore their power in 24 hours, then change it last minute to 48 hours, and then say it’s fixed when it still is not! Families with young kids and elderly need to be able to plan!

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Emotional footage from Afghanistan shows Afghan female medical students and their instructor in tears, consoling each other after the Taliban banned them from continuing their studies. The new directive shuts women out of medicine—the last field still open to them.

[Clinton Global Initiative @ClintonGlobal]

Dr. @ChelseaClinton tells #CGI2024 that we all have a choice: focus on what’s broken and get nowhere — or choose to focus on what’s working and use that to make tomorrow better.

The work starts today — are you in?

[Chelsea Clinton @ChelseaClinton]

The noise about what’s wrong with the world is loud. At @ClintonGlobal, we're focused on what's working and accelerating solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Tune is as we kick off #CGI2024:

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

@AuPairCare your fraudulent billing practices are unfair to au pairs and host families. Stop holding payments hostage for services not delivered! This is not how you run a company.

[Raj Panjabi M.D. @rajpanjabi]

Investing in communities is an antidote to the plague of mistrust in public health.

More in my conversation with Dr. @pooja_kumar of @McKinsey Health Institute here:

https://t.co/Adm7TEtESp

[Raj Panjabi M.D. @rajpanjabi]

As I completed my service at the White House, I sat down with my friend Dr. @Pooja_Kumar, Senior Partner @McKinsey and Global Leader of McKinsey Health Institute, to discuss how we can better protect ourselves from pandemics.

Find our interview here: https://t.co/8F1dupuFcG

[Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP @rkwadhera]

The quality measure complex has exploded over the past decade

A new @JAMA_current study finds that Johns Hopkins spent >$5.6 million + 108,000 hours in a single year to report 162 measures

The costs across all US health systems is likely *astronomical* https://t.co/lejPMeClMb

[Edward D. Ng, DO, MS @EdwardNgDO]

Emergency medicine in a photo.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

South Africans have paid tribute to renowned author and broadcaster Eusebius McKaiser who died on Tuesday.

McKaiser's works were widely published, including in the New York Times, and he spoke out on issues of racism and supported the LGBT community.

https://t.co/KQyznKgXfd

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

NEW: Fox News poll finds most voters - including gun owners - favor:
Universal background checks (87%)
Raising purchase age to 21 (81%)
Removing guns from people who are at-risk (80%)
Requiring a waiting period for all gun purchases (77%) https://t.co/aVCgvUCOEL #FoxNews

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

@chrissyfarr Proactively divide and conquer by task category for tasks (eg A schedules playdates, B schedules extracurricular activities). Calendar invites for all things making clear who is responsible.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

A lot of the people I work with would say they were “born for this.”

What I’ve noticed is that this is true *across industries* - whether tech, real estate, finance, an entrepreneur in one odd niche, or even an athlete.

My findings are different than most on social media: 1/

[Fairbanks School of Public Health @FSPH_IU]

There is a shortage of #publichealth workers. How can that be fixed? Here are four actions that can help, from @McKinsey's @pooja_kumar. ⤵️
https://t.co/sykFY7VmgH

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

https://t.co/69tOvOpbqm

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

As the COVID-19 pandemic moves from a crisis stage to an endemic level, healthcare systems are coming to terms with growing costs—costs which could exceed $200 billion by 2027. Acting now could help mitigate the economic impact of testing, vaccination, and treatment of COVID-19.

[Laura Vanderkam @lvanderkam]

Just had to share this graphic of the 9 Tranquility by Tuesday rules. (There is still time to plan on Friday if you haven’t yet!)

[Pooja Kumar MD MSc @pooja_kumar]

My new article explores four imperatives that could help state and local governments lead the evolution to stronger public health as the US moves from a COVID-19 crisis footing to an endemic one.

https://t.co/3Hijt8kiAw

#PublicSector #PublicHealth #NextNormal