Christopher Logan Censinet Bill Russell Becker's Hospital Review From John Nosta -johnnosta.medium.com/the-urgent-nee…

Covid PCR tests could be replaced with X RAYS that are almost 100% accurate buff.ly/3Iksz4E

Say what you will about telehealth but things are happening...patients who saw virtual providers had 19% fewer visits to the ER, and that virtual visits reduced duplication of care by up to 16%.

Yikes: About 4 in 10 people who tested positive for Covid in the past month had difficulty deciding whether they needed to isolate or limit their normal activities kff.org/coronavirus-co…

New: In Health Affairs, we take a uniquely wholistic look at how the pandemic has affected health care outcomes, spending, and access to care healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for… KFF Peterson Center on Healthcare Krutika Amin Emma Wager Jared Ortaliza Nisha Kurani

NEW: #Telehealth use went from zero to hero in the early days of the pandemic. Is it here to stay? We KFF looked at Epic electronic health records to see where telemedicine use is still strong even as in-person care rebounded healthsystemtracker.org/brief/outpatie… @KrutikaAmin Matthew Rae

Before the pandemic, almost nobody used telehealth. Now -- long after most pandemic restrictions have ended -- over a third of mental health care is still via telehealth. This can⬆️access to care, but it's important for in-person care to still be an option kff.org/coronavirus-co…

The House is voting today on a $35 monthly cap on insulin costs. At least 1 in 5 privately insured people taking insulin would save money, and it ranks among the public's top health priorities healthsystemtracker.org/brief/out-of-p… @kff Peterson Center on Healthcare @KrutikaAmin Matthew Rae Larry Levitt

7/🧵 Last year, we said the "vast majority" of covid deaths were among unvaccinated people That's no longer the case. Vaccines work, but vaxxed people represent 4 in 10 deaths in Jan and Feb 2022 This is no longer simply a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid19-…

Surgery is scary, picking an outstanding surgeon is so important! These are the things I look for: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

The year is 2050. Amazon wins the government's bid to take over healthcare alongside United. I have just enough points on my Prime Rewards Visa to schedule a 5-minute virtual chatbot session. The chatbot denies my claim. It says that my Halo readings are within normal bounds.

Hot tip for hospital CEOs: You are competing with the entire country (+now Amazon) for nurses. Your med center needs to be the BEST place to work. BEST doesn't just mean 💰. Maybe it's child care. Or education credits. Or a coffee cart. Or healthcare. And a happy workplace.

In my recent interview on the #TechnicallySick podcast, Monica (@monicamichellestorie) and I discuss the future of digital health and the ways telemedicine can benefit patients with disabilities and chronic conditions. #digitalhealth #telemedicine (bit.ly/3OPZ66A)

Emergency visits are expensive🚑 We find huge variation in costs by diagnosis, metro area, severity - with many exceeding the threshold that consumers can afford. Cynthia Cox Matthew Rae Dustin Cotliar, MD MPH @KrutikaAmin KFF Peterson Foundation bit.ly/3hx92qa

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My grandma can barely use an iPad. Maybe it'll be different for upcoming tech savvy generations? From an interesting piece on AgeTech: nature.com/articles/s4159…

linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… As part of the ⁦⁦AVO⁩ hackathon, we built an AI tool helping clinicians to produce infinitely customizable communication and educational materials for patients being discharged from the hospital. Try it out and like us on LinkedIn 🙏🏻

A friend in Spain was feeling unwell and took a covid test. The good news is it’s not covid. The bad news it is the flu. The astonishing news is Spanish covid tests are dual-Covid/flu tests and why in the hell are these not available everywhere?!

🤖 Technologists: Healthcare is broken. We will fix everything by building AI that will replace doctors and nurses. 👩‍⚕️ Healthcare providers: How can I trust technologists who think AI is the panacea for all our problems? I don't want healthcare to be “disrupted” - I just want