Retired healthcare, focused on family, friends, community, health policy, disruption, advocacy, inclusion, dyslexia, fishing, kayaking, hiking, love my hometown
Springfield, Missouri
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“Those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one....A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.” -John M. Barry
43cc Thanks Matt and Wendy, a fun podcast discussing my first and nearly last Foley catheter, covid pandemic, vaccine hesitancy, financial planning and hubris. 43ccpodcast.com/
Fun with maps. The first map represents the incidence rate per 100,000 population for a particular disease, ailment or disorder. The second map represents the death rate for the same disease, ailment or disorder. What is it?
“Findings In this cross-sectional study of 1003 young adults…, heavy lifetime cannabis use was associated with lower brain activation during a working memory task… “
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Hospital prepare for ER surge and increase bad debt as millions lose coverage. beckershospitalreview.com/fi…
“Abandoning the U.S. evidence-based process is a dangerous and potentially deadly decision for Americans,” said Jason M. Goldman, MD, president of the American College of Physicians.
An opinion of a doctor, chosen by thousands of peers to represent them. cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vac…
These states hit hardest losses after ACA subsidies expire -ranked by estimated growth in uninsured residents:
Mississippi: 65%
South Carolina: 50%
Tennessee: 41%
Texas: 39%
Georgia: 39% beckerspayer.com/payer/aca/s…
Measles is a public health emergency. A seemingly unsound RFK Jr is in charge of our public health resources-CDC, NIH, FDA.
“In the prevaccine era, the US would typically have 3-4 million measles cases, 500 deaths, 48,000 hospitalizations every year.” Paul Offit, MD
I Was Wrong About RFK Jr. | MedPage Today. He is placing generations at risk. medpagetoday.com/opinion/pre…
Quick takes: Measles reappears in Connecticut, more infant botulism, avian flu in Florida birds | CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu/measles/quick…
Some science behind hepatitis vaccine safety. Recent decisions by current administration leadership related to hepatitis vaccine, profoundly unqualified to lead HHS, may have untold consequences to thousands of children.
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy | CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vac…
Drury University is accepting applications for their Master in Health Administration spring semester. I am excited about this, as I teach my first class, Healthcare Operations and Management, this spring. drury.edu/graduate/mha/
22 hospital closures in 2025 | Becker's. “unsustainable healthcare market conditions.” beckershospitalreview.com/fi…
mRNA-based COVID vaccines generate improved responses to immunotherapy | MD Anderson
These findings have prompted a randomized Phase III trial to determine if mRNA COVID vaccines should be part of the standard of care for this type of therapy mdanderson.org/newsroom/rese…
RFK Jr. links autism to circumcision. 'Absurd,' says Peter Hotez. houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Six past surgeons general from both parties. “Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored” cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vac…
America's Rural Hospital Crisis Has Been Looming for Decades. Between 2010 and 2021, 130 rural hospitals closed. Today 1/3 of the remaining are considered at risk for closing. time.com/7176024/rural-hospi…
Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, author of more than 130 papers on vaccines and vaccine safety, rebuts CDC Jim O’Neill’s “irresponsible announcement about the MMR vaccine”
After private equity acquisition, hospitals on average reduced salaries and staffing relative to nonacquired hospitals. This decreased capacity to deliver care may explain the increased patient transfers to other hospitals, and increased ED mortality. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
