“Don't overlook the value of not having what you don't want.” love this newsletter from David Epstein b/c it validates my frugality through disgust for the culture: the more I train myself not to want the crap other people want, the happier I am open.substack.com/pub/davidepste…

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files. “We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & The Capitol Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.” The inside story 🧵

When I was a 4th year med student, I was talked into applying for disability insurance, which led to the largest financial mistake of my life… (and I don’t want you to make it, too)! This framework (and story) is why I teach doctors about personal finance… 1/5

Yes federal loan consolidation May lead to “loan interest capitalization.” But you graduating med students may want to do it anyway.

One small bonus of seeing your own notes is that I know at least one person thinks I'm well appearing and well-groomed

An AI/LLM chatbot that can search and parse up to date community and government resources, determine eligibility and fill out applications.

the plural of pulse ox is pulse oxen

Gonna start a metal band called visceromegaly.

And who says the stethoscope is dead

We're pleased to congratulate the Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning (CSSALT) on the recent launch of their quantitative neuromuscular monitoring simulation tool as part of the APSF Technology Education Initiative. More 👇 anest.ufl.edu/2024/07/15/aps…

Trauma Hummus

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U.S. Stateline Towns with Portmanteau Place Names

Pulsatile flow veno-arterial #ECMO 🔬 in silico study aimed to develop model of VA ECMO in a patient-specific human aorta & evaluate effect of #ECLS timing 🫀 maximal LV unloading occurred when ECMO pulse was in early diastole ⚡️ maximum surplus hemodynamic energy transmission

What is it about the blue check that makes people incapable of getting the joke?

This thread is largely nonsense, and this notion that glp1 drugs came from the venom of the Gila monster needs to be dismissed. Let me offer you an accurate thread:

Roughly 20% of hospital discharges are to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) Medicaid pays for ~60% of SNF patients. The Big Beautiful Bill cuts ~$900b from Medicaid, which is anticipated to cause 1/4 of those SNFs to close. This is gonna be a disaster for hospital crowding!