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OrthoTwiter

@orthotwiter

Curated account concerning all things Orthopaedics. The views expressed here are in fact facts and thus should be the views of your employer #bones4life

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John Asghar MD (@jahangirasgha10) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The AMA (AMA) Doesn’t Represent Me… it actually doesn’t represent most doctors… and in many ways has betrayed the trust of physicians Currently, fewer than 15% of doctors are members. Why? Because it no longer represents our interests or the realities of

John Asghar MD (@jahangirasgha10) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t think people realize the impact of TXA on high blood loss high risk operations… The road has existed for 50+ years and is cheap but it’s usage is a relatively new phenomenon that has dramatically increased for the last 10 to 15 years It’s cheap. It’s effective and

I don’t think people realize the impact of TXA on high blood loss high risk operations… 
The road has existed for 50+ years and is cheap but it’s usage is a relatively new phenomenon that has dramatically increased for the last 10 to 15 years

It’s cheap. It’s effective and
Dutch Rojas (@dutchrojas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I asked ChatGPT: If I were the devil and wanted to systematically destroy independent medical practice, how would you do it? ChatGPT: I would take a multi-pronged approach that slowly erodes physicians’ autonomy, financial viability, and ability to compete. Here’s the

Dutch Rojas (@dutchrojas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Great Healthcare Grift: How Medicare Overpays Health Systems and Wastes Billions of Your Tax Dollars And How an Immigrant Found $200 billion of overpayments without trying. Government efficiency. It’s a phrase that lands somewhere between jumbo shrimp and honest

Dutch Rojas (@dutchrojas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Let Physicians Own Hospitals Again – It’s Time to Repeal the Ban The ban on physician-owned hospitals is a gift to large health systems and a disaster for competition. Lifting the ban could create 1,000-1,500 new hospitals in the next 7-10 years particularly in underserved

AAOS (@aaos1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy #Match2025! 🌟 The musculoskeletal community is excited to welcome our next generation of orthopaedic leaders. AAOS knows the future is bright! 😎🦴 Welcome to #orthopaedics! 🍾🎉 NRMP® #nrmp #nrmpmatch2025 #MatchDay #OrthoMatch2025

Happy #Match2025! 🌟 The musculoskeletal community is excited to welcome our next generation of orthopaedic leaders. AAOS knows the future is bright! 😎🦴

Welcome to #orthopaedics! 🍾🎉

<a href="/TheNRMP/">NRMP®</a> #nrmp #nrmpmatch2025 #MatchDay #OrthoMatch2025
Mary Mulcahey (@marykmulcaheymd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Away rotations are critical for matching into ortho! ✳️Medical students applying to ortho residency are applying to more away rotations than previously noted ✳️Most students match at programs where they do away rotations or their home program rb.gy/7r3t6t J Bone & Joint Surg

Away rotations are critical for matching into ortho! 
✳️Medical students applying to ortho residency are applying to more away rotations than previously noted
✳️Most students match at programs where they do away rotations or their home program
rb.gy/7r3t6t  <a href="/jbjs/">J Bone & Joint Surg</a>
Rob Hartzler MD (@drrobhartzler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If AAOS wanted to make a difference for patients (and claw back relevance), it would foster reporting and censure of surgeons who deny indicated surgery on behalf of commercial carriers including medicare replacement plans for $ (similar to BS expert plaintiffs witnesses).

If <a href="/AAOS1/">AAOS</a> wanted to make a difference for patients (and claw back relevance), it would foster reporting and censure of surgeons who deny indicated surgery on behalf of commercial carriers including medicare replacement plans for $ (similar to BS expert plaintiffs witnesses).
Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@repgregmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Medicare Advantage plans got a 5 % raise today. Yet the Doctors, who are the ones who actually care for the patients GET CUT every year. This is RIDICULOUS. cms.gov/newsroom/fact-…

Heath Veuleman (@heathveuleman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is obscene. Here’s a fun little factoid: Since the inception of Medicare (1960) - our healthcare spend has increased 17,900% But physician reimbursement - since 1960 - has DECREASED by 26% (inflation adjusted). Read that again. Yes, that’s correct. You read it right.

NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our partnership with Dr. Glaucomflecken continues as he summarizes new research into fracture prevention with infrequent zoledronate in women 50 to 60 years of age. Access the article for free: nej.md/DrG15

Steven Bennett (@drb2125) 's Twitter Profile Photo

8 years ago I set out with a goal to become an orthopedic surgeon because of the injuries I went through. I remember when my teammates asked me to get up during the game when I couldn’t. I remember the moments alone on the weekend rehabbing. 🧵 (1/7)

8 years ago I set out with a goal to become an orthopedic surgeon because of the injuries I went through. I remember when my teammates asked me to get up during the game when I couldn’t. I remember the moments alone on the weekend rehabbing.

🧵 (1/7)