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In academia, how did we get to this point where they've offloaded all the admin tasks onto us, and then test us on whether we understand how to do their jobs?

Perhaps we really just need fewer admins and more nurses. Just perhaps…

“…low levels of nurse staffing in hospital wards were associated with an increased risk of death. Having sufficient seniority and experience within the nursing team was important, but it did not provide a strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of staff shortfalls”🩺📟 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Nursing Team Composition and Mortality Following Acute Hospital Admissionjamanetwork.com This cohort study examines associations of nursing team composition with the risk of death among adult patients with acute hospital admission in England.

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The Zurawskis are brave fucking people.

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I don’t think many people have internalized what a groundbreaking achievement Biden has pulled off here, and what it means for the future of drug pricing

The first-ever negotiations between the federal government and pharmaceutical companies have led to agreements that will lower the prices of 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs

Biden To Announce Price Agreements After First-Ever Negotiations With Manufacturerswww.huffpost.com His administration says the talks, possible because of the Inflation Reduction Act, will save money for taxpayers and individuals once they take effect in 2026.

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Uhh… Intranasal COVID vaccine. 100% effective at stopping transmission, in animal models. Results validated in two papers in Nature. Hoping to start human trials within the year. Holy shit.

Houston researchers make nasal vaccine that prevents COVID from spreadingwww.houstonchronicle.com A team of researchers from the University of Houston have developed a new vaccine to treat and prevent the spread of flu and multiple coronavirus strains.

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CDC: Kids' Routine Vaccinations Prevented Half a Billion Illnesses Since 1994 www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

CDC: Kids' Routine Vaccinations Prevented Half a Billion Illnesses Since 1994www.medpagetoday.com And every $1 spent on childhood vaccinations saved about $11, agency says

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Jack Iwashyna

And, I guess, any of us practicing at marquee academic medical centers KNOW this I am constantly assumed to be expert because I am on faculty at Johns Hopkins But somehow we want it to only true about the good things, not the rest of our complex history

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“History follows us into the exam room” ~ Tina Sacks (2019) on middle class Black women’s experiences in healthcare That is a heck of a turn of phrase 🧪🩺🫁

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Crazy idea. Stick with me.... Law, but for wealthy people.

I.R.S. Crackdown on Delinquent Millionaires Yields $1 Billionwww.nytimes.com The beefed-up enforcement is part of the agency’s modernization initiative aimed at improving customer service and catching wealthy tax evaders.

AI “might” be helpful with certain aspects of clinical medicine…but this? This ain’t it. Hard no. @iwashyna.bsky.social

“The team proposes using AI and machine learning to predict a patient’s treatment preferences based on their personal data, such as their medical history, along with emails, personal messages, web browsing history, social media posts or even Facebook likes.”

End-of-life decisions are difficult and distressing. Could AI help?www.technologyreview.com Ethicists say a “digital psychological twin” could help doctors and family members make decisions for people who can’t speak themselves.

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The Biden-Harris Administration put $5 billion dollars toward electric school buses so all of our kids don’t get sick from breathing in pollution. We wanted to do this FOREVER, and they just up & did it one afternoon www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus

Clean School Bus Program | US EPAwww.epa.gov The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal provides $5 billion in funding for a Clean School Bus Program. Provides information on technologies, resources, benefits, educational events and funding opportunitie...

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Y’all are joking with the dooming and glooming right? Harris has somehow kept herself clean, locked down her team, and is almost certainly aware of what she’s being asked to do. We are about to have a woman at the top of the ticket in a post-Dobbs electorate. Stop crying and buck the fuck up!

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Everybody also needs to watch this reel from “liberal redneck” comedian Trae Crowder who has some personal experience with Vance www.instagram.com/reel/C9febBe...

Trae Crowder on Instagram: "JD Vance hates hillbillies #traecrowder #sorryIfilmedthislastnight #seemelive #linkwherethelinksgo"www.instagram.com 3,678 likes, 141 comments - officialtraecrowder on July 16, 2024: "JD Vance hates hillbillies #traecrowder #sorryIfilmedthislastnight #seemelive #linkwherethelinksgo".

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New study: Vehicles are more likely to kill pedestrians if they have tall and blunt front ends and/or flat hoods. That's a major indictment of American SUV and truck design -- at a time when US pedestrian deaths recently hit a 40-year high. doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

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Finding solace in reading about NBA free agency, where the rules are considerably more defined and enforced than American criminal law.

Oh but I’m sure AI “doctors” will work out just fine.

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

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#CCR24

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youtu.be/R5C4v22y3C0?... See also: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Private Equity Goes to Therapyyoutu.be Barty Banks achieves enlightenment

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Here's how fix E.R. wait times in Maryland: Cut hospital executive salaries. A lot. - by David Meyers & Dan Morhaim | Baltimore Sun www.baltimoresun.com/2024/02/12/h...

Here’s how fix E.R. wait times in Md.: Cut hospital executive salaries. A lot. | GUEST COMMENTARYwww.baltimoresun.com FIXING MARYLAND’S ER WAIT TIMES By David Meyers, M.D. and Dan Morhaim, M.D. Maryland leads the nation in Emergency Room extended wait times. As directors of ERs at Maryland hospitals, we face…

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Iceland xkcd.com/2874

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“The grip of financial self-interest in US health care is becoming a stranglehold, with dangerous & pervasive consequences” -Don Berwick #MedSky Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Among the 🔥Top Viewed in JAMA in 2023🔥

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