Alistair Erskine

Driven to use technology, data and informatics, when appropriate, to promote health and provide compassionate care to all people.

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

We welcome Joe Depa as Emory's inaugural Chief Data and Analytics Officer (Emory University and Emory Healthcare) https://t.co/ffMx3tw3Jx #CDO #EmoryDigital

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

@chrissyfarr Élégance

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

As of July 1, 2020, more than 10 million people worldwide had been infected with #SARSCoV2. Many aspects of transmission, infection, and treatment remain unclear https://t.co/augqgy4C02

[The Harvard Crimson @thecrimson]

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a lawsuit in District Court in Boston Wednesday morning against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

https://t.co/W8qnl1ZIle

[Ken Mandl @mandl]

We have lost Octo Barnett, who passed at 89 years old. A global pioneer of medical informatics and bona fide inventor of the #EHR
https://t.co/RlLPesfti3 @MassGeneralNews @AMIAinformatics

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

1/ Another Friday evening, another moment to reflect. And mourn. And be angry beyond words.

CDC COVID-VIEW comes out on Fridays. It’s a refreshing break from the amateur, uninformed epidemiology from so many sources. https://t.co/FPiT1y3eoz

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

From the article “we detected SARS-CoV-2−reactive CD4+ T cells in ∼40-60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘common cold’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.” #Freehugs to anyone with 229E, OC43, HKU1 or NL63 variants!

[Acroman39 @croman39]

@nhojdier @Farzad_MD It seems all versions of coronavirus but not sure if anyone in particular is more helpful. I really don’t know why this isn’t major national news.

https://t.co/vdQ8hGOVTv

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

Excellent article that describes the details, timeline(s) and realities of producing a COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/obgublbtea

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

More than 90 vaccines are being developed against SARS-CoV-2 across the world. At least six groups have begun injecting formulations into volunteers in safety trials. Here is a graphical guide explaining each vaccine design. #COVID19 https://t.co/7Mv1pmbmlg

[Atul Butte @atulbutte]

THRILLED to announce Philter, our new tool to deidentify clinical text. Now more than ever, safe & responsible sharing of #EHR data is needed to fight pandemics & disease, but text is hardest to share. @BeauNorgeot built a new tool w/ a great team! https://t.co/FVGF49ja3a

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

Add that COVID testing sites could release COVID results to patients who download the app. It would compel people to use it. People would still retain control about what is shared.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

1/ Last night, I spent some quality time with the Apple docs on the new contact tracing protocol and APIs they and Google are preparing.

I'm quite optimistic about this effort. Here's why.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Possibly the most amazing success story fighting #coronavirus.
This is how South Korea became a World leader in the virus storm: Testing, tracing, isolating. South Korea is so succesful it didnt even have to close the economy! 👍👍👍

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

Finally, contact tracing begins in earnest in the US. Massachusetts is first but other states must follow.

[Charlie Baker @MAGovArchive]

Enhanced contact tracing is a powerful public health tool in the battle against COVID-19.

This first-of-its-kind initiative will support better tracing of contacts of positive cases + support those in quarantine. #COVID19MA

🔗: https://t.co/kWIbIlfAJg

https://t.co/63L9vjq7LG

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance by @tomaspueyo https://t.co/zEzRq2Awq7

[Aaysha Cader @aayshacader]

Very cool whatsapp bot from WHO @WHO:
Add [phone] on WhatsApp and say hi to it and go from there.
#Medtwitter #Covid_19 @UjjwalRastogiMD @Selkrish98 @DrJayMohan @KTamirisaMD @novitskiynic @mirvatalasnag @AnastasiaSMihai @cardioPCImom @MKIttlesonMD @DRDAPO @MoAlkhalafPhD

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

Really important article about Coronavirus data analysis from many countries. Key points: 1) apparent infectious rate ≠ actual rate (10x higher); 2) containment is required ASAP to blunt exponential growth; 3) Mortality ranges ~0.5-5% depending on healthcare delivery capacity

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

ECRI has always been a useful source of healthcare improvement targets - latest report available now

[Alistair Erskine @Transformatics]

@mandl @zakkohane @NEJM @SMARTHealthIT Thanks for your industry leadership @grahamgrieve for FHIR @JoshCMandel for practical application @mandl @zakkohane for SMART and the app economy @aneeshchopra being Aneesh and @chrissyfarr for covering the developing story and everyone else advancing #inter-app-ability.

[Ken Mandl @mandl]

It took a village. New HHS rule ensures an app written once will run anywhere in the healthcare system. & patients can access a computable copy of their medical record. This journey began > a decade ago when @zakkohane and I proposed a health care API in the @NEJM @SMARTHealthIT