Robert W. Yeh U.S. News & World Report Collaborative effort between BIDMC Smith Center (Robert W. Yeh Changyu Shen Eunhee Choi) and Test Account (Karen Joynt Maddox) on a really important issue!

BREAKING NEWS!!! In the first ever randomized clinical trial, we demonstrated that parachutes did NOT prevent death or major injury compared to control in individuals jumping from aircraft. Published today in The BMJ: bmj.com/content/363/bm… #PARACHUTETrial #XmasBMJ

Look before you leap! Out today in The BMJ #XmasBMJ, behind the scenes of the PARACHUTE Trial: bit.ly/2Ev1oqW Robert W. Yeh Dhruv Kazi Brahmajee Nallamothu @lindavals #PARACHUTETrial

Deeply appreciative of all the efforts of all the PARACHUTE Trial Investigators. A multicenter collaboration between BIDMC Smith Center and UM-MiCHAMP. #XmasBMJ #PARACHUTETrial

Here’s one of the ⁦BIDMC Smith Center⁩ #PARACHUTEstudy group back in the summer when we were tan and jumping off of planes. ⁦Robert W. Yeh⁩ ⁦@lindavals⁩ ⁦Eric Secemsky MD MSc⁩ ⁦⁦Eunhee Choi⁩ ⁦yuansong zhao⁩

Groundbreaking Study: The #PARACHUTETrial – The World’s First Multi-Center Block Permutation Randomized Control Trial of Parachute vs No-Parachute While Jumping from an Aircraft. Watch my interview with Robert W. Yeh Dhruv Kazi Duane Pinto MD MPH here: cardiologynownews.org/groundbreaking…

For those who missed it, here is the link to the NPR Weekend Edition story from 12/22 on our recent PARACHUTE Trial. Enjoy! Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch: n.pr/2V1ZO59 Robert W. Yeh BIDMC Smith Center

In a study published in Health Affairs today, Enrico Ferro, MD and colleagues found that the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was associated with nationwide readmission reductions beyond the Medicare patients originally targeted by the policy: bit.ly/2JXvNlz

New in European Society of Cardiology Journals, Harun Kundi, MD, MMSc and colleagues demonstrate improved prediction of short- and long-term mortality in older patients in the US undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair or TAVR using the ICD-10 based Hospital Frailty Risk Score: bit.ly/2Gi9Qsa

In an #AHA19 presentation and simultaneous JAMA Internal Medicine publication today, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP and colleagues found lower procedure rates and higher in-hospital mortality in homeless vs. non-homeless adults with acute cardiovascular conditions: bit.ly/33ZD4H4

Come work with us! We're looking for a new biostatistician to join our dynamic and collaborative research team BIDMC Smith Center. Details: bit.ly/2KKZBQk #EpiTwitter #StatsTwitter Changyu Shen Eun-hee Choi

Congratulations to Robert W. Yeh on being appointed the Katz Silver Family Professorship of Outcomes Research at Harvard Medical School!! Bobby is a truly incredible and inspiring mentor, colleague, and friend. We are very lucky BIDMC Smith Center Harvard Medical School

Congratulations Robert W. Yeh for the Katz-Silver endowed chair Harvard Medical School Your scientific creativity & strategic vision blow my mind everyday. But it is your inexhaustible generosity and kindness that make BIDMC Smith Center a truly wonderful place to work. Here’s to you, my friend!

Congratulations Robert W. Yeh on being appointed the Katz Silver Family Professorship of Outcomes Research in Cardiology! It's a well-deserved honor and we are lucky to have him BIDMC Smith Center BIDMC CVI BIDMC Harvard Medical School

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