Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

Reduced Hospitalizations, Emergency Room Visits, and Costs Associated with a Web-Based Health Literacy, Aligned-Incentive Intervention: Mixed Methods Study Background: The association between health literacy and health care costs, particularly for hospitalizations and emergency room services, has been previously observed. Health information…

Studies continue to confirm that collaboration between patients and providers is still critical. Like MAIT, CHAMP is a measure to gauge the actions, behaviors, and perceptions of patients, caregivers, providers and health systems.

Read the full paper on MAIT: www.jmir.org/2019/10/e147...

Mark Cuban | Full Episode 2.27.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS YouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Heres proof of the type of person & leader @mcuban.bsky.social is.
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That's right. Worse than Pointless
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The cover of the Lancet says it all.

And the Lancet's editorial that goes with it
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This week's cover @thelancet.com

The FDA creates a quicker path for gene therapies The Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first.

FDA new policy for new treatments for rare diseases based on evidence for a "plausible mechanism" for treatment would work. aims to speed new technologies like gene-editing that are so rare that it would be difficult if not impossible to conduct a traditional study first. www.npr.org/2026/02/23/n...

Google DeepMind paper on Pragmatic #AIpersonhood -“person” as a configurable bundle of obligations, not a metaphysical status. Highlights risks (dark patterns, dehumanization) and sketches identity plus sanction based accountability architectures arxiv.org/abs/2510.26396

South Carolina hospitals aren't required to disclose measles-related admissions. That leaves doctors in the dark. South Carolina doesn’t require hospitals to report when they admit patients with measles-related illnesses.

The Donald Trump School of Public Health: If you don't talk about it it doesn't exist, right?

#medsky #GOPWarOnChildren #GOPWarOnHealthcare #GOPWarOnYou

Trust isn’t assumed — it’s earned. On NEJM AI Grand Rounds, Seth Hain, senior vice president of research and development at Epic (@hey.epic.com), explains why health systems choose when and how to participate in Cosmos. Listen to the full interview: nejm.ai/ep39

#AI #MedSky #MLSky

One way to deal with ER over crowding….

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Inside Pharmacogenetics: How CU Anschutz Researchers Are Using Metabolism to Guide Safer, More Personalized Treatment Discover how genetics, metabolism, and advanced research at CU Anschutz are shaping safer, personalized medication decisions for every patient.

How your body breaks down medication is more unique than you think. Researchers at CU Anschutz’s Claw Lab are mapping the genetic and metabolic differences that shape drug responses, and building models that could help clinicians personalize dosing with greater equity and precision.

People are boycotting Amazon, Google, Netflix, more. Here's why In part, the big tech boycott intends to protest ongoing ICE operations in the U.S. What to know about the 'Resist and Unsubscribe' boycott.

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Once again, the FCC is coming after Colbert. This time they're refusing to allow CBS to air an interview of James Talarico, a Dem Senate candidate from Texas. So we all know what to do, right?

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

You thought your unvaccinated daughter had a cold. It could be a week before she's diagnosed with measles. By then, the virus “has multiplied and descended upon her lungs, kidneys, tonsils, and spleen, down to the marrow of her bones.” Elizabeth Bruenig writes about how a child dies of measles:

Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine More than 25 years ago, Pellegrino and Relman noted the increasing commercialization of the learned professions, anticipating what many physicians are increasingly experiencing today: an impairment of...

Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #health #medicine #MedEd #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #medicaleducation

Resistance infrastructure.

We deserve leaders who speak the truth. Happy Presidents’ Day.

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HHS Open Data Access official HHS datasets for research, analysis, and transparency.

Download official datasets from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. opendata.hhs.gov

Moderna says FDA refused to review mRNA flu shot The FDA has refused to review Moderna’s application for its messenger RNA-based influenza vaccine, according to the company.In a press release, Moderna noted that the FDA’s rejection of th...

“Companies need predictability if they are going to invest a billion dollars to develop a new product. If the regulatory pathway is subject to arbitrary changes, they will no longer be willing to make such investments.” - @ameshaa.bsky.social

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The Flawed Characters Updated May 14, 2025

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AAMC Statement on Passage of FY 2026 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill The AAMC applauds Congress for passing the Appropriations package.

Congress passed the FY 2026 Labor HHS Education bill, reaffirming NIH funded biomedical research as a national priority, preserving full research cost recovery, supporting the health workforce, and extending key clinical and telehealth provisions.
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Resist and Unsubscribe | No Mercy / No Malice Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested today. Targeting journalists is not about enforcing the law, but shaping reality. History reflects a brutal truth: When you begin arresting journalists, ...

The best tool we have to push CEOs to take on the president and prevent further erosion of the American brand is in our pockets — an economic strike that builds on calls for Apple boycotts that are already starting to emerge.