Artificial intelligence: #HHS has a plan for that politi.co/486UiDj via POLITICO
#AI #PublicHealth

It is past time to decriminalize racialized identities. What about creating opportunities for therapeutic interactions for our patients in mental health crisis and with substance use disorders...? doi.org/10.1016/j.amep…

‘This Isn't Just a Payer Problem’: Health Plans and Providers Must Jointly Address Ghost Networks: bhbusiness.com/2023/12/06/thi…

A good reminder of the importance of #metadata , #dataquality , and #masterdatamanagement

Rudy Giuliani must pay millions over false election claims #justice bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

Failure to record death in EHRs can cause problems

This issue always makes me think of a presentation I saw by a data warehouse manager at Roma entitled 'I See Dead People.'

statnews.com/2023/12/14/hea…
HT AMIA
Paul Fu, Jr., MD, MPH and Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA
#EHR #secondaryuse #dataquality

finally a clip that can get people excited about President Biden

Rock on NC!
NC Named Leading State for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in New National Report

osbm.nc.gov/news/press-rel…

#DataDrivenPolicy #Evidence
HT Jenni Owen

Love this profile of Secretary Kody Kinsley

Meet North Carolina Republicans' favorite Democrat, Kody Kinsley axios.com/local/raleigh/…

#NCPOL #BridgeBuilding

I emailed an author about a paper where the ENTIRE contribution is about a dataset they curated + constructed.

The question: has the dataset been released?

No, we decided not to.

What absurdity. I’m tempted to ask arxiv to take down the paper. How is this science?

CDC Director Mandy Cohen unscathed in her first congressional testimony statnews.com/2023/11/30/cdc…

'That proposed budget “zeroed out investments in #data #infrastructure [which] is just not going to be compatible with a successful CDC,” she said.'

#PublicHealth #Informatics

Well said, mark holmes !
#Medicaid Expansion #Medicaid

Great news! Congrats @JessicaHolmesNC!!
#NCPOL

Prescription for Cash? Cash Support to Low-Income Families in Maternal and Pediatric Health Care Settings milbank.org/quarterly/arti…
#SDOH #HealthEquity

I’m on Twitter less and less these days but came over here to say I’m pretty excited to vote for Rep. Jeff Jackson for NC Attorney General next fall.
Great newsletter, too- a smart, not too wonky insider’s view of congress. #ncpol

Was not previously aware of the #disagreebetter hash tag. Love it.
thanks Damian Borbolla
#NCGA #NCPOL

Improving Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Review of Findings from Five Case Studies and Recommendations milbank.org/publications/i…
#PrimaryCare #HealthCare #affordablehealthcare

Love this blog post from Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly's Dr. Morgan McDonald. Written for #PublicHealth infrastructure, but of course many of the points apply to a much broader policy space in this divided era.
#politics #policy

milbank.org/2023/10/top-10…

Promising results from 2 Rx food studies sbne.ws/r/O4pR
#SDOH #FoodIsMedicine

Lawsuit claims UnitedHealth AI wrongfully denies elderly extended care reuters.com/legal/lawsuit-…

Important issues here. Related to the excellent #AMIA2023 closing keynote today by Ziad Obermeyer #AI #Bias #ELSI

Excited for this talk!
#AMIA2023 #AI #equity #bias