Aaron Toleos

[Vikas Saini @DrVikasSaini]

Very honored to be awarded the Fundacion Donabedian International prize for our work on Right Care and Socially Responsible Hospitals. Health care systems world wide need reconfiguration to permit deep stable relationships of healing. Our destiny hangs in the balance.

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

“If hospitals have to base their decisions on revenue rather than population health needs, then these are the results we get,” said Lown President @DrVikasSaini. Listen here: https://t.co/FcKm6AbPq7

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

“Hospitals interested in being great community partners should be as financially transparent as possible and find ways to include community members directly in decision making,” said @toleos, vice president of communications for the Lown Institute.
https://t.co/gw85OcOqiU

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

"What’s burning out health care workers is less the grueling conditions we practice under, ‌and more our dwindling faith in the systems for which we work. What has been identified as occupational burnout is a symptom of a deeper ‌collapse."
https://t.co/E4BNkMFuSI

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

We're looking for an exemplary clinician who goes above and beyond in social justice, environmentalism, global peace, or other notable humanitarian efforts. Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them for the Bernard Lown Award! https://t.co/zQA0THvmlW

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

Congratulations to Kate Walsh on her appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts! Walsh previously led BMC, a hospital that repeatedly scores amongst the best in the nation on the Lown Hospitals Index. Here she is as a panelist at our launch last June

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

I'm excited & honored to be guest hosting the @lowninstitute's 6th annual "Shkreli Awards" on January 10 where we'll be presenting a top ten list "honoring" the biggest failures in social responsibility in healthcare.

For more details and to join us, check out the link below.

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

The votes are in...can you guess who will be named this year's worst profiteers in healthcare? Join us on January 10 as we hand out the 6th annual "Shkreli Awards" with special guest host @uche_blackstock

https://t.co/XPcF92U9lK

[Boston Medical Center @The_BMC]

“At BMC, we believe health system leaders must hold themselves accountable, uncover the racism entrenched in societal systems and healthcare policies, and shift efforts from simply filling gaps to eliminating them.” - @KateWalshCEO

On @lowninstitute: https://t.co/yOMfqz8GRk

[Liz Szabo @LizSzabo]

How some hospitals put up barriers to financial assistance - Lown Institute https://t.co/10p8GbiZ6m

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

TL;DR? Check out our TikTok summarizing this report in <60 seconds

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

NEW REPORT: Are New York City hospitals earning their tax breaks? For our latest report, we applied our Fair Share analysis to NYC hospitals to find out which hospitals are giving back to communities what they receive in tax breaks. Here’s what we found…
https://t.co/1FNOtiDqHP

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

Dr. Mona wins award for water crisis work, gives $25K prize to Flint Kids Fund https://t.co/E89EMZXaXK

[Leigh Simmons @simmons_leighmd]

More people should know about the 💯 FREE telemedicine site Mass is offering for antiviral prescriptions for COVID-19. If you have loved ones in Mass, tell them about it. https://t.co/Qax8B0EsjP
Avail in Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese also.

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

U.S. hospitals performed 100,000 unnecessary surgeries on older people in the first year of #COVID19: @LownInstitute study. The procedures, like stents and hysterectomies, offered little to no clinical benefit, by @gliadkovskaya https://t.co/d2HKOOA8dh via @FierceHealth

[Dr. Toni Eyssallenne @NYCHealthCMO]

Providers, @lowninstitute released a new report describing the “fair share spending” of 275 hospital systems. Using tax exemption dollars on community investment can demonstrate an institution’s accountability towards their equity agenda. Read more: https://t.co/I1ZDj5HBSA

[Masconomet Boys Track and Field @MascoBoysTrack]

James Toleos was a triple winner against Saugus. Here winning the 800m. He also won the javelin and run the opening leg of the winning 4x400m relay.

[Health Leads @HealthLeadsNatl]

"Imagine what we could actually do if we had three times our current budget for homelessness services…we could make a really huge impact in Boston and across Massachusetts." -- Jenn Valenzuela, Chief People & Equity. @lowninstitute webinar recording here: https://t.co/33OXh1RBx1

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

“Our nonprofit hospitals really are participants in a social compact. It behooves us to understand what the tax exemption is doing, what it’s for and whether it’s still a fair dispensation,” said @DrVikasSaini in @chicagotribune https://t.co/3tRmUA7eCZ

[Lown Institute @lowninstitute]

The results are in! See the Top 25 and Bottom 25 hospital systems for fair share spending on the #LownHospitalsIndex: https://t.co/KwtzLrYlS8