Daniel Raff

Family Doc. Data Scientist. Co-Founder @HatchingHealth

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@levelsio Blanket statements regarding your father's 100% certainty that lipid treatment is meaningless could be causing harm to people in this thread and I highly doubt he would be cool with that out of the clinical context of the patient. I 2nd others re: Peter Attia as a great resource

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@levelsio Re: cholesterol First, LDL is not the best measure. Non-HDL is better, but ApoB is best. Second, ApoB is only one measure and unless very high (>1.45g/L), depends on other risk factors. Is your Lp(a) high? Do you have high blood pressure? Early onset cardiac disease, etc.

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

Health AI requires standardized, secure, and frictionless data access. We are far behind in Canada without any federal regulation to enforce interoperability and stop information blocking.

Infoway is doing great work, can't happen soon enough: https://t.co/QC40YMG5vz

[Josh Mandel, MD @JoshCMandel]

Just out: https://t.co/uxQHq0f3aw

Health AI integration requires workflow & data access. @SMARTHealthIT experience: it takes products, pragmatics, open standards... and regulations.

Better alignment & precision on "jobs to be done" => (much) faster timeframes!

@mandl @gotdan

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@AlexReibman Anymore details on this one? GitHub link?

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

Fantastic news!

[Jennifer Whiteside 🇨🇦 @JM_Whiteside]

BC is taking action on the toxic drug crisis by being the first province to provide universal coverage for eligible medications used for the treatment of opioid-use disorder. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) medications are now covered through MSP’s Plan Z

https://t.co/V00YTIgnWC

[Daniel Schwartz, MD @drdschwartzmd]

@raffrica @minhas_andy @DrErinCCFP @CMan_CCFP @DrKathleenRoss1 @DrJLush @JoshGreggain @BirinderNarang @DrRFernandez We need APIs and interoperability- we can’t expect any vendor to be all things for all people

Platforms that succeed create an ecosystem where entrepreneurs and existing players add value by building on top

Imagine the iPhone without the App Store

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@minhas_andy @DrErinCCFP @CMan_CCFP @DrKathleenRoss1 @DrJLush @JoshGreggain @BirinderNarang @drdschwartzmd @DrRFernandez Interesting read, but overlooks how US is addressing its EMR fragmentation and interoperability challenges through strong policy with the ONC Curest Act. A robust Canada-wide policy is vital, one that mandates no information blocking (i.e. the "incomplete or.. corrupted" records)

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@minhas_andy @DrErinCCFP @CMan_CCFP @DrKathleenRoss1 @DrJLush @JoshGreggain @BirinderNarang @drdschwartzmd @DrRFernandez Policy should advocate for industry-wide API functionality via FHIR. A single EMR isn't the answer, but effective policies can incentivize EMRs to work together for seamless data interchange and better overall care.

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@VPrasadMDMPH @KarstenJuhl Not a single study in the last 25 years despite advancements in radiology and breast cancer treatment. We need a refreshed version of this figure because this one is no longer relevant for this decade.

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@bwertz I would encourage him to decide himself by asking ChatGPT. He could provide it with a list of his interests and your defined constraints above, then see what it suggests.

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

Write a modern Cyrano de Bergerac screenplay, where ChatGPT is Cyrano, but the love interest ends up falling for ChatGPT.

[Daniel Raff @raffrica]

@minhas_andy No in depth documents published yet right?