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[Eric Friedberg MD @FriedbergEric]

Am I Part of the Cure or Am I Part of the Disease? Keeping Coronavirus Out When a Doctor Comes Home
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[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Getting essential equipment in the hands of medical pros is a critical step in the fight against #COVID19. Increased access to personal protective equipment is vital to maintaining the health and safety of health care workers and their patients. https://t.co/JxkGVWiXaZ #GetMePPE

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

HHS waives penalties for the use of non-HIPAA compliant video chatting services, like FaceTime and Skype, for telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak (@alfredwkng / CNET)

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[Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸 @ScottGottliebMD]

We must develop tools for this fight: 1. Point of care diagnostics for rapid identification 2. Antibody that could be prophylaxis for healthcare workers, those at greatest risk 3. Massive sentinel surveillance program 4. Direct acting antiviral drug for treating advanced disease

[Administrator Seema Verma @SeemaCMS]

There is a need to preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), beds, & ventilators & reduce potential increase to exposure, providers should consider whether elective surgeries and procedures can be delayed so they can respond to more urgent cases during the #COVID19 outbreak.

[Rich Duszak, MD @RichDuszak]

“In an effort to facilitate imaging-focused health policy research by others, the @NeimanHPI is now making our estimates of the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries publicly available. ” https://t.co/TOHhez6xCq

[Tirath Patel, MD @TirathPatelMD]

@RichDuszak @danortizmd @DrGMcGinty I do believe there’s a middle ground. Keep in back of mind: Practice parameters, though, are occasionally used against radiologists in malpractice suits, and that’s why I’m not opposed to the wordsmithing that happens. Wording and phrases must be precise.

[CDC @CDCgov]

#CDCTRAVELNOTICE: #Coronavirus in most of #Europe. CDC recommends avoiding all nonessential travel to most of Europe. More information: https://t.co/7RFE0a0Brs.

[Tirath Patel, MD @TirathPatelMD]

@RichDuszak @danortizmd @DrGMcGinty I know there’s been discussion of this, but I’m opposed having them sent to a selected group instead of Council looking at them for this exact reason. And that cmte, I believe, will be disproportionately academics bc they are incentivized to be on cmtes. PP docs are not.

[GretchenSacha @gretchensacha]

As a MICU pharmacist taking care of COVID patients, one strategy I’ve implemented to minimize the number of times a nurse needs to enter the room (thus saving PPE) is to consolidate and bundle all medication due times. For example... 1/5

[ABC World News Now @abcWNN]

HOW VULNERABLE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE? Public health expert Dr. Alok Patel speaks with our Kenneth Moton on how the coronavirus may present a bigger threat to younger people than previously thought.

[Tirath Patel, MD @TirathPatelMD]

@mikejohansenmd @HeyDrNik If you have a ventilator but no skilled critical care nurse or respiratory therapist to take care of the patient, then what? Physical resources and labor resources are equally important. Focus has been on the former, but the latter is critical too. (Pun intended) #COVID19

[Tirath Patel, MD @TirathPatelMD]

@PaulBerglMD @drjohnm #FlattenTheCurve

[Tirath Patel, MD @TirathPatelMD]

@EconTalker There are 95K ICU beds in the United States, but many are being used by non-#COVID19 admissions. There aren’t that many free beds.

And ventilators don’t run themselves. They require critical care nurses, respiratory therapists, and doctors. We may not have enough labor either.

[BMJ Group @bmj_company]

Media reporting of suicide, especially celebrity suicides, is associated with increases in suicide in the general population, particularly by the same method as used by the celebrity, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published by @bmj_latest today https://t.co/YLNx3NxZ4p

[euan ashley @euanashley]

There is good news like this every day. The level of industry and innovation happening around us should give everyone hope.

A serological assay to detect SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in humans | medRxiv https://t.co/Qi5yjSFLAZ

[Dina Bass @dinabass]

How short are Seattle hospitals of protective equipment? Workers at Providence are hitting up craft stores and Home Depot for raw materials and assembled 500 homemade masks as patients keep streaming in and supplies run out. https://t.co/Ics3gd6H1u by @ben_elgin @jtozz

[Abbott @AbbottNews]

We’ve received FDA emergency use authorization and are immediately shipping 150,000 RealTime SARS-CoV-2 EUA tests for COVID-19. We’ll ramp up to a million tests per week by the end of the month: https://t.co/MfabLWIFns 1/2