Curious rehabilitation educator #ally#advocate for consumers with complex, rare disease thru 2 Qs: Are we doing the right things? Are we doing things right?
For those not aware, my dearest buddy, Jeff Fudin passed away a couple of hours ago, gratefully peacefully. Not only was he a dear friend & beloved dad & grandfather, but an amazing pain scientist and patient advocate. Please remember him in your thoughts and prayers. #BroBroJeff
We have increasingly outsourced our decision-making to machine learning models ("the algorithm"). The whole point of building recommendation, sorting, and "decision support" systems on ML is to undertake assessments at superhuman speed and scale. 1/
🎯🗣👇🏽“Tennessee is in the bottom 10 in poverty… top 5 most dangerous… 2nd in road rage shootings… #1 in medical bankruptcies… Despiteperceived image of growth, success & prosperity, for many Tennesseans the reality of their lives is far more grim…”
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Trickle-Down Economics | The War on Drugs
Both central to Reagan's legacy
Both ignore science in favor of magical thinking
Both myopically focus on supply, ignoring the demand side
Both have caused profound harms over decades, esp among the most vulnerable
#SundayFeels
"PDMP prescriber check mandates but not pain management clinic laws appeared to ⬇️ opioid dispensing more in Black pts than White pts. Future research should discern the mechanisms underlying these disparities and their consequences for pain management"
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