Paper out today on non-COVID admissions in the time of COVID JAMA Internal Medicine. Admittedly, this was more interesting in July, when it was accepted, so here is special bonus content to update it. Saul Blecker prof.jones @ajadmon Chris Petrilli, MD, SFHM @Francois1Fritz jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Misleading tweet/ headline! ⬇️ in hospitalisation doesn't necessarily lead to ⬆️ in mortality Also this trend could suggest prior overuse of hospitalization or improved self-management. #COVID19

Seconded (as lead author). The drop in hospitalizations is likely due to a bunch of factors and may even reflect improved lifestyle

yes I too prioritize fast Internet, the moon & Mars over the historic pandemic

Particularly great work by @HayleyBelli. Full RCT to start soon!

Sign of the times: 7 year old daughter was asked to make category lists. For drinks she said (in order): negroni, milk, juice, wine, coffee, tea...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. #mulchfest

What's important to our Division? Mentorship! That's why we love putting on Hospitalist Career Mentorship panels for our NYU Langone Health residents. Shoutout to our diverse and inspiring panel of leaders! Take-home message: say "YES" and do important work that you love. 🙂

Took a Twitter break for several months to help get NIH #RecoverCOVID up and running to study #LongCovid (AKA #PASC). Thrilled to report UT Health San Antonio @UHHospitals have enrolled our first 7 participants! Congrats to them and cast of 1000s working night and day to kick it off. /1

8 yo champ with first vaccine. 11 yo waiting a few days because ‘I’d rather miss school than football’

A lot of chatter about hospitalization "with" versus "for" COVID, implying current hospitalization wave isn't "real." NY state is going to start trying to report the distinction; UK already does. Some thoughts, with exemplar data. /1

Lose a couple of million workers to early retirement here, lose a couple of million would-be immigrants there -- all of a sudden you're talking real numbers. A look at how America's tight jobs market today is a prelude to "perpetual labour shortage". economist.com/united-states/…

Can someone please explain this: A life has value at conception, but not when it's nine years old and sitting in a classroom? 😢

Great practical study Journal of Cardiac Failure by Shannon Dunlay Saul Blecker et al: 👉🏽 #FunctionNotFailure clinic visits work to optimize GDMT in HFrEF!

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#ACC23/#WCCardio #JACC LBCT SimPub: An electronic alert more than doubled the prescription of a life-saving therapy among patients with heart failure. bit.ly/3mpWqTO #HFrEF #HeartFailure #HealthIT Amrita Mukhopadhyay Saul Blecker Lawrence Phillips Leora Horwitz NYU Langone Health

Digital design is key. Presentation of Better care-hf trial Amrita Mukhopadhyay Leora Horwitz #ACC23

Electronic alerts substantially improved evidenced therapy in heart failure. Outstanding presentation by Amrita Mukhopadhyay at #ACC23 and available at JACC Journals

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Heard from AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go. They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: