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@jeremysussman.bsky.social
Primary care internist, health services research at University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor
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Blue Shield of California struck an unusual deal to buy a lower-cost version of Humira directly from a manufacturer, bypassing the giant pharmacy benefit managers that normally determine which maker’s drug will go to tens of millions Americans. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Free Drug Experiment Bypasses the US Health System’s Secret Fees
A Free Drug Experiment Bypasses the US Health System’s Secret Fees

A top California health plan is set to offer one of the world’s biggest-selling drugs for free in a bid to show the medicine can reach Americans affordably without going through the middlemen that typ...

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JGIM is having a special issue on Learning Health Systems in General Medicine. Please submit! Also, contact us with questions. Abstracts Due: September 30, 2024 Final Manuscripts Due: December 16, 2024 www.sgim.org/news/call-fo...

Call for Abstracts for JGIM Special Issue - SGIM
Call for Abstracts for JGIM Special Issue - SGIM

JGIM Special Issue on the Future of Learning Health Systems in General Medicine JGIM and VA HSR Special Issue The Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair...

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Patient went into depth about how I needed to check their magnesium at least weekly since when they were hospitalized the inpatient team did it daily. I bit my tongue.

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Wendy Netter Epstein: “ineffective devices provide a false sense that problems have been solved, quelling innovation in necessary areas, and engendering mistrust in the health care system.”

Book text: ineffective devices provide a false sense that problems have been solved, quelling innovation in necessary areas, and engendering mistrust in the health care system.
Cover of book Medical Device Regulation
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Massive hail at 85 degrees. Physics is wrong.

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So if I understand correctly, a Facebook-funded study brought together Facebook employees and with academics funded by Facebook to use data provided by Facebook to show the Facebook didn't affect the election, and then via PNAS's contributed track chose their own reviewer—also funded by Facebook.

The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

We study the effect of Facebook and Instagram access on political beliefs, attitudes, and behavior by randomizing a subset of 19,857 Facebook users...

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Does anyone know existing ways to "phenotype" primary care practice? I'm looking for measures not of good vs. bad, but descriptives of the type of care someone providers.

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jeremysussman.bsky.social
@jeremysussman.bsky.social
Primary care internist, health services research at University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor
77 followers156 following83 posts