Senior Editor @Health_Affairs | Writer | Paramedic and Educator. Tweets are my own. RTs ≠ endorsements.
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Michael Gerber retweeted
Six Minutes to Live: Care, Measure, Act! Our short film is live.
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On GivingTuesday, as you pause to appreciate the blessings in your life and plan year-end contributions, we ask you to consider supporting your local rescue squad.
Join us in helping to keep our community safe. We are neighbors helping neighbors.
Donate: bccrs.org/donate/
Looking for something to read on this slow news day?
Check out my first reported piece for @Health_Affairs on how @BCBSMA and @MassHealth are trying to use #ValueBasedCare models to decrease disparities and incentivize #HealthEquity in the Bay State.
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The sex detective: How one doctor is promoting bodily autonomy and understanding moco360.media/2024/10/21/the…
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In a new review for #HAReads, Senior Editor @MScottGerber reviews "On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” by Dr. Anthony Fauci, which provides a history of the last half-century of infectious disease public health from Fauci’s vantage. bit.ly/3BirVql
“We have a lot of technology, we have a lot of, you know, expertise and excellence within this country… We can do this. The gap, to me, is will.” @DrAlethaMaybank says equity is a moral condition, and either we value everyone equally, or we don’t. @CMSGov #HealthEquityCon24
As an old history of medicine major and paramedic, excited to enjoy this panel on the history of #EMS @amhistorymuseum for the 50th anniversary of #EMSWeek. @dcfireemsfound @NAEMT_ @ACEPNow @smithsonian
Michael Gerber retweeted
Hey @MedicareGov this chief resident in urology at Georgetown found you an extra potential $22 billion in savings.
We can prevent recurrent UTIs and the morbidity and expenses attached with safe local vaginal estrogen.
@GUUrology @chargoldman @rds858 @KeithKow
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poetry fans, and health policy experts everywhere.
#HealthPolicyValentines
#HappyValentinesDay
#iambicpentameter
Michael Gerber retweeted
Communities Must Address Racial Disparities in Emergency Medical Services newsweek.com/communities-mus…
The evidence is clear: bias and structural inequities impact care and outcomes in emergency medical services.
Now it's time for #EMS leaders and the communities they serve to do something about it.
With the brilliant @jamiekennel3 for @Newsweek.
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Michael Gerber retweeted
Thanks to Michael Gerber for the EMS World article! Let's stop pondering the problem and move to testing solutions.
We've known that inherent biases exist and that they can impact patient care. But what can we do to help reduce the impact of these disparities and eliminate them? A session at the EMS World Expo explored solutions to these challenges. #bias #disparities okt.to/rxB4TF
My colleague @DrVabe discussing efforts to advance racial equity in scholarly publishing @Health_Affairs and beyond today at #APHA2023. Proud to be part of an organization pursuing equity at all levels.
Even after running the most watched cardiac arrest in history and saving the life of @HamlinIsland, Jason McMullan, MD, struggled with being called a hero—and kept thinking about what he might have done wrong, not what went right. #emsworldexpo2023
Cardiac arrest survivor Miracle Mo (or is it Meaux @NewOrleansEMS ?) kicks off #EMSWorldExpo2023 in the Big Easy with the national anthem. @EMSWorldOFCL
This week on @Health_Affairs This Week: @lott_rob and I talk about the FDA, including ideas to incentivize more thorough trials before drug and device approval and the attention the agency is getting from GOP presidential hopefuls.
Listen and subscribe: healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377…
In my year and a half at @Health_Affairs so far, judging this contest is definitely one of the highlights. And yes, it might not be a coincidence that several of the judges have small children.
How else does working in health policy or health care influence your parenting?
“You're A Health Policy Wonk If...your toddler tells you their sick stuffed animal needs to see the doctor and your first concern is if they are overutilizing care." Congrats to winner Linh Chuong! See more entries! bit.ly/44zgDY3
For one thing, @drrachelrubin and I have convinced our kids that ice packs and band-aids are not evidence-based treatments for most boo-boos.
Can’t help but think that the struggles an underfunded EMS system faces every day make it hard to implement a new model in the midst of a global pandemic that stressed already understaffed and under resourced EMS organizations across the country.