Atul Grover, MD, PhD
@AtulGroverMD
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Clin Prof of Medicine @GWSMHS & Assoc @JohnsHopkinsSPH Former AAMC Executive Walker of #Jasmine Opinions not yours, yet
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Joined April 2013
UHC/Change Healthcare processes 2/3 pt records. 2 dialysis companies control 70% market. 2 EHR vendors control majority of market. In states, the largest health system controls about 20% of the market. and don't get me started on Alabama
In their new Forefornt article, @AtulGroverMD + @JBJaffery from @AAMCtoday discuss how regulation of health system consolidation should account for the market for health care goods and services within the range of areas that are relevant to patients.
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Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts via @statnews.
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The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
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RT @jordanrau: For-profit medical rehab hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to gener….
nytimes.com
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
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“Every aspiring physician deserves a fair chance at a medical education — no matter their economic background. Federal student aid programs like Grad PLUS loans and PSLF help make that possible for nearly half of all medical students,”.
aamc.org
Congressional proposals to eliminate Grad PLUS loans, cap borrowing, and exclude residents from Public Service Loan Forgiveness could strain primary care.
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"International doctors are often matched with hospitals in underserved communities in part because the positions are less coveted by U.S. applicants.". via @nbcnews.
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Many overseas doctors who were due to start residencies in July can't get to their programs because of a holdup with J-1 visa appointments.
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RT @TomVargheseJr: Will need to track outcomes especially where the graduates end up practicing. According to the article, motivation is he….
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RT @JohnsHopkins: Supported by the NIH, Johns Hopkins research shows that signs of cancer can be detected in the bloodstream more than 3 ye….
hub.jhu.edu
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
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"The physician shortage is already here. But what we do now determines how dire this issue will become." via @statnews.
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The U.S. can’t afford to lose more doctors. Expanding international students’ access to American medical schools is a good place to start.
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#DocsWhoRock (PhD edition).
Check out this new music video from The Bedrocks!! I’m honored to be at the keyboards!
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RT @JHU_CHSPM: Senator @SenWhitehouse delivered the keynote, followed by expert panels on the future of #PrimaryCare and the reforms needed….
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"The Budget eliminates funding for ASPR’s Hospital Preparedness Program. allowing States and Territories to properly scope and fund hospital preparedness.". cause, yeah, disasters stop at state borders.
axios.com
The president's "skinny" budget for the upcoming fiscal year comes as fears grow that the White House's trade policies are fueling a U.S. economic downturn.
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RT @DeanBradfordMD: Incredibly proud of the @ohiostatemed faculty and learners who were inducted into the @AOA_society earlier this month!….
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"Even the mildest approach — a 25% reduction in public support for R&D — would correlate to a drop. U.S. GDP, adjusted for inflation, would be 3.8 percent smaller in the long term — a decline similar in magnitude to that in the Great Recession"
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Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
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i read this as .'the marsupial was unarmed'. luckily, it was also 'unharmed'.
washingtonpost.com
The marsupial was unharmed, law enforcement said. It was shot with a tranquilizer and returned to its owner.
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RT @daviesbj: Anyone who knows how hard it is to change doctors will appreciate the hard work of the Urologic Community to make this happen.
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"researchers observed better discriminative ability across wheeze, crackle and rhonchi sounds with the AI algorithm (AUC, 95.85%) vs. pulmonologists (83.03%) and general practitioners (79.45%)."
healio.com
The FDA has granted clearance to TytoCare’s AI-powered Tyto Insights for Lung Sounds to detect rhonchi, marking the third lung sound alongside wheeze and crackles to receive the designation, accord...
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RT @JimSichko: Pope Francis's thoughts after his stay in hospital:. "The walls of the hospitals have heard more honest prayers than any chu….
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RT @PennLDI: A new study finds that for rural breast cancer patients, living farther from care is associated with prolonged time to surgery….
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although geographic proximity to care mediates the relationship between rurality and prolonged TTS, rurality has an intrinsic protective effect on TTS that is independent of the adverse effect of...
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Medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals rely on transparent and stable grantmaking to advance life-saving medical research, train the next generation of physicians and scientists, and deliver care that extends and saves lives.
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The AAMC issued a statement regarding an amicus brief it filed with other organizations in the case of Massachusetts et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al.
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