Health Economist, Dept. of Veterans Affairs ● Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of Washington. All views expressed are my own.
Seattle, WA
Joined July 2015
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Can we move from just catching consults to taking a proactive role? @David_Au206 discusses VA specialty care redesign and a new role in population health. #VAHSRD
Hear about innovative and timely work by @SeaDenCOIN Investigator Paul Hebert
Interested in learning how Veteran reliance on VA changes with specific events? Register now for Paul Hebert’s cyberseminar “Events associated with changes in reliance on the VHA among Medicare-eligible Veterans.” 10/16 at 11am PT/2pm ET. ow.ly/liOt50wG0QV
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Equifax is paying only about $4.75 per person it exposed to hackers and scammers. That’s the equivalent of an order of Chicken McNuggets.
More on Equifax's settlement from columnist @Davidlaz: ow.ly/MJhG30pdcjw
The thought of having to shovel the driveway again tomorrow is crushing. Northeast folks I have no idea how you do this on a regular basis.
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How can #healthsystems better understand heterogeneity in the high risk population? Research by @HSREdwin and colleagues applies machine learning methods to help address this question. @SeaDenCOIN @vahsrd link.springer.com/article/10…
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Great work from @HSREdwin @roslandam et al. "Identifying Latent Subgroups of High-Risk Patients Using Risk Score Trajectories." Two groups: moderate group's risk declines, while persistently high group's risk is stable. Can help targeting care mgt.
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Check out new research by Ashok Reddy, @rm_werner and colleagues examining the interaction between continuity and team-based care, and it's association with high cost utilization.
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How did the Choice Act impact older, Medicare-eligible Vets and their decision to use (or not) VA care? Find out in this NEW PUB from C-F Liu, A Batten, E @HSREdwin, S Fihn, & P Hebert, @HSR_HRET: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?ter…
The title says it all. linkedin.com/pulse/why-diver…
According to Intel, 90% of all digital data ever created was generated in the last 2 years, and only 1% of this data has been analyzed seekingalpha.com/article/419…
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Dating apps use #AI for matchmaking. Now we're seeing #AI for matching patients with primary care doctors. nytimes.com/2018/08/11/opini… #OA by @leid_zejnilovic and colleagues
Supply side often overlooked in efforts to bend the cost curve. Also highlights the substantial human capital investment in healthcare the US. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Just published @MedicalCareLWW w/ @GW_Workforce: community health centers that became patient centered medical homes saw increased use of NPs, PAs, mental health/substance abuse counselors, but not primary care docs or nurses. @NACHC @HRSAgov bit.ly/2OcVHzG
Also very germane to health services research
7 Common Biases That Skew #BigData Results for #DataScientists: bit.ly/1HT317V #abdsc #Statistics #DataScience #DataLiteracy #DataEthics by @lisamorgan
Graphic illustrates Simpson’s Paradox...
Lesson in sunk costs today @vahsrd CDA meeting. Waited for an hour in a food truck line, paid only to wait another 20 minutes realizing my food wasn’t going to come. Ended up buying a second lunch. Leave it to the economist to to minimize expected utility.
Interested in machine learning? Come check out 5 applications in health services research, room 609-610 @ 8am #arm18 academyhealth.confex.com/aca…