At Mt Sinai, the chief of obstetrics “Brodman said eight nurses and four doctors in labor and delivery have been diagnosed with the virus.” washingtonpost.com/national/expec…

Curious to understand what the plan is to utilize these new doctors who have not yet been through internship or residency. They will require close supervision. Can they start internships early?

Going forward: the big #COVID19 questions that need to be addressed nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… by Marc Lipsitch and colleagues and in NEJM correspondence

New York City Emergency Room visits continued the downward trajectory through the weekend! I'm hoping we see a blunting of the hospitalization rate soon. We may have turned the corner on infections, though ICU admissions and deaths will not peak for 1-2 weeks.

Helpful video for frontline clinicians on how to safely reuse N95. facebook.com/Matt.Tom/posts…

The science on convalescent plasma for #COVID19 is still emerging. But this morning I find some hope in its metaphor: that people and communities who have endured COVID-19 will be the ones to help those fighting it. x.com/JAMA_current/s…

seriously everyone this is absolutely amazing

Also, this is important: "medical residents will have more flexibility to provide services under the direction of the teaching physician. Wait for it: "teaching physicians can now also provide supervision virtually using audio/video communication technology."

.Harlan Krumholz’s important call in today's The Washington Post for wearing masks in hospitals to prevent nosocomial #covid19 transmission. Hospitals: PLEASE LISTEN. washingtonpost.com/national/healt…

My son just asked me if I when I was little I had to stay inside for COVIDs 1 through 18

COVID-19 has shifted primary care to a telehealth-first model. Can this trend continue once we are on the other side of the pandemic? ⁦Coverage⁩ ⁦@MWFriedberg⁩ coverage.bluecrossma.com/article/telehe…

“The way we practice medicine is being flipped on its head.” My interview with Dr ⁦Lakshman Swamy ([email protected])⁩ now on ⁦Coverage⁩ site. coverage.bluecrossma.com/article/heroes…

Proud to share the 8th installment in our Heroes on the Front Line series, amplifying the urgent, eloquent messages of #Massachusetts doctors, nurses, NPs and PAs. Today, Dr. Adam Lurie of Newton-Wellesley Hospital talks to Blue Cross MA's James Colbert. coverage.bluecrossma.com/article/heroes…

Dr. Jamie Colbert of Newton-Wellesley Hospital @bcbsma asks: what lessons can be applied to the future of primary care after the #coronavirus pandemic? One might hinge on the role of #telehealth. spr.ly/601310otb

Dr. Jamie Colbert of Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Blue Cross MA explains how staying at home can save lives. #socialdistancing #coronavirus #COVID19 spr.ly/60131Fajh

Amazing NEJM piece about the "Untold Toll" of the pandemic on patients *without* #COVID19 "Perhaps the greatest challenge is an invisible one: How do we help people who are afraid to seek care to begin with." - Lisa Rosenbaum bit.ly/34L46D7

I spoke with PCPs from across Massachusetts to learn how they have modified their offices to care for patients during the pandemic ⁦Coverage⁩ ⁦Blue Cross MA⁩ coverage.bluecrossma.com/article/right-…

Rest in power Dr Bernard Lown 1921-2021. You have left the world with the defibrillator, the CCU, and perhaps saved us from nuclear war - but most importantly you taught generations of trainees to “do more FOR our patients and less TO them”. We have lost a giant today.

Re: J&J 72% vs Pfizer/Moderna 95% – it's sorta like comparing scores of golfers who teed off during a calm morning to those who teed off at 1pm when winds were howling. While it's hard to make precise adjustment, it's clear that equally good play will result in different scores.

I am thrilled to be joining Memora Health as Senior Vice President of Care Delivery. Looking forward to being a part of the amazing team Manav Sevak has built to transform care for patients and providers!