Emergency physician, Health Policy Fellowship Director, Policy Director at @theHAVI, Views = Mine and not anyone I may work for
Jun 8, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
All right #MedTwitter,
Looking to channel your activism into action? Here are a few great organizations that help stop community violence through trauma-informed, community based approaches approaches /thread/
First, @TheHAVI!
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention helps support and grow hospital and community-based violence interventions. Great organization, though I'm biased since I've worked with them since residency. thehavi.org
Mar 27, 2020 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
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I think a lot of ER docs have been on a similar emotional roller coaster this week, so I figured I'd put my own feelings in writing. The purpose is likely partly informational, partly self-therapeutic.
Read along if interested...
First: Dr. Oz's public health malpractice statement about what "doctors are really worried about" is what spurred this.
My baseline levels of anxiety have been manageable this week, but at a higher level than usual.
Today, roughly half of my plans through May were abruptly cancelled. I was looking forward to most of it.
The cancellations were the right call. Here's why:
First: @EmergencyDocs sent out an e-mail that all spring conferences were cancelled, including the Leadership and Advocacy Conference (one of my favorites!). I was slated to speak in a health reform debate with @ActuallyDrJ! It was going to be awesome...
Jan 7, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Ah... @UHC is escalating their questionable legal documentation arms race! Brief thread on what this will actually mean in practice... racmonitor.com/automated-down…@UHC First:
Let's not pretend that it's anything other than a quick attempt at a cash grab.
Also, they'll probably make some extra money doing it, so congrats on building towards a future reddit late stage capitalism thread.
They'll also get sued, but I'm sure they've done the math
May 9, 2019 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
I'll read the full article tomorrow, but just reading the abstract reads like a parody of every TPA trial ever. A few notes /thread/
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Background paraphrased: "The 4.5 hour time window is too short. We've got a new idea for how to lengthen it!"
