@blchan7

Internist at @OHSUSoM /@CCCPortland. Researcher studying interventions to improve addiction care for medically and socially complex patients. mainly lurk.

 Portland, OR
Joined August 2013
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TOMORROW at #NWSGIM meeting in Boise: @WSUMedicine IMRP will be presenting: - Updates in Outpatient Medicine with Dr. Jonathan Salud - Breast Cancer Screening workshop with Dr. Tess King @SocietyGIM
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PEER-HEART bridges @OHSUSOM and Bay Area First Step goals to improve #methassociatedheartfailure screening in rural areas. Led by Drs Todd Korthuis & @blchan7, this #RuralPROcare project aims to close the gap in rural cardiovascular care. #MAHF #RuralHealth
Rural PRO-CARE Health Equity Research Network graphic with reciprocal innovation graphic at the top (highlighting Practice to Academia and Rural to Urban). Title of project: Rural Community Peer Partnerships for Improving Methamphetamine-Associated Heart Failure Screening and Engagement (PEER-HEART) Principal Investigators: Todd Korthuis, MD, MPH & Brian Chan, MD Description: PEER-HEART seeks to improve screening of methamphetamine-associated heart failure (MAHF) and linkages to evidence-based cardiology care for people who use methamphetamine in rural areas. The team will leverage existing community-based outreach and research infrastructures, including Bay Area First Step, a peer based program supporting holistic outpatient substance use disorder treatment and DUII services.

ALT Rural PRO-CARE Health Equity Research Network graphic with reciprocal innovation graphic at the top (highlighting Practice to Academia and Rural to Urban). Title of project: Rural Community Peer Partnerships for Improving Methamphetamine-Associated Heart Failure Screening and Engagement (PEER-HEART) Principal Investigators: Todd Korthuis, MD, MPH & Brian Chan, MD Description: PEER-HEART seeks to improve screening of methamphetamine-associated heart failure (MAHF) and linkages to evidence-based cardiology care for people who use methamphetamine in rural areas. The team will leverage existing community-based outreach and research infrastructures, including Bay Area First Step, a peer based program supporting holistic outpatient substance use disorder treatment and DUII services.

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New paper alert. Q: can intensive primary care using “ambulatory ICUs” can impact 6-month hospitalizations in an urban healthcare for homeless setting. Partnered research with @CCCPortland and @OHSUNews
JAMA Network Open@JAMANetworkOpen10 Nov 2023
Ambulatory intensive care units can have a positive effect on the health and well-being of complex patients, although longer time horizons may be required to reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits. ja.ma/476Mn8F
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12. and excited to continue partnering with @CCCportland @nidanews in improving health equity and addiction outcomes for some of our most vulnerable patients... link to the article again below! / END jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Intensive Care for Medically Complex Patients at a Clinic for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

This randomized clinical trial examines the effect of a multidisciplinary ambulatory intensive care unit intervention on health care utilization and patient-reported outcomes among medically and...

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tagging others @MKushel @UrmimalaSarkar @OanhKieuNguyen @AnilMakam @honoraenglander @StefanKertesz
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Brian Chan@blchan718 Nov 2023
New paper alert. Q: can intensive primary care using “ambulatory ICUs” can impact 6-month hospitalizations in an urban healthcare for homeless setting. Partnered research with @CCCPortland and @OHSUNews
JAMA Network Open@JAMANetworkOpen10 Nov 2023
Ambulatory intensive care units can have a positive effect on the health and well-being of complex patients, although longer time horizons may be required to reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits. ja.ma/476Mn8F
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Well said and congrats @draguilera — need the same for substance use tx as you note
Adrian Aguilera@draguilera27 Sep 2022
Take a look at my first op-ed highlighting the promises and potential inequities in digital mental health. Always more to say, especially about blending human and digital care, but it’s a start. Thanks for the support ⁦@maxstrasser⁩ via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/09/27/opini…

Opinion | Therapy for People Who Can’t Go to Therapy (Published 2022)

Technology is revolutionizing mental health care. Will it really make it more accessible?

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Michelle Go was 40 years old. She worked at Deloitte. She is from CA, a graduate of UCLA and NYU Stern. She took spin classes and was a good friend & neighbor. Michelle Go had the right to be safe on the subway. Every person has the right to feel safe. nytimes.com/2022/01/16/nyreg…

Woman Pushed Onto Subway Tracks ‘Never Saw’ Her Attacker (Published 2022)

“She was just the person who did everything right,” a neighbor said of Michelle Go, who died on Saturday when a homeless man pushed her in front of an R train.

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AMERSA@AMERSA_tweets15 Jan 2022
With deepest admiration and profound sadness, AMERSA grieves the passing of Professor Rich Saitz (@UnhealthyAlcDrg) An extraordinary scholar in addiction, expert clinician Past-President of AMERSA (2007-2009) Editor-in-Chief @JAM_ASAM Beloved for his wit, humor & warmth 💔
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