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Edwin Wong

@HSREdwin

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Health Economist, Dept. of Veterans Affairs ● Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of Washington. All views expressed are my own.

Seattle, WA
Joined July 2015
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@LucasMDonovan
Lucas Donovan
6 years
Can we move from just catching consults to taking a proactive role? @David_Au206 discusses VA specialty care redesign and a new role in population health. #VAHSRD
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
6 years
Hear about innovative and timely work by @SeaDenCOIN Investigator Paul Hebert
@herc_va
HERC
6 years
Interested in learning how Veteran reliance on VA changes with specific events? Register now for Paul Hebert’s cyberseminar “Events associated with changes in reliance on the VHA among Medicare-eligible Veterans.” 10/16 at 11am PT/2pm ET.
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@latimes
Los Angeles Times
6 years
Equifax is paying only about $4.75 per person it exposed to hackers and scammers. That’s the equivalent of an order of Chicken McNuggets. More on Equifax's settlement from columnist @Davidlaz:
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latimes.com
After endangering the privacy of more than 147 million consumers, Equifax is paying just $4.75 per person. That's basically an order of Chicken McNuggets.
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
This is going to throw a wrench into that work from home plan tomorrow.
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
The thought of having to shovel the driveway again tomorrow is crushing. Northeast folks I have no idea how you do this on a regular basis.
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
We’re hiring! Help us spread the word.
@Basucally
Anirban Basu
7 years
Looking for mid career Health Economist for a tenured position in beautiful Seattle! https://t.co/1fzh7IRfrI
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@JournalGIM
JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine
7 years
How can #healthsystems better understand heterogeneity in the high risk population? Research by @HSREdwin and colleagues applies machine learning methods to help address this question. @SeaDenCOIN @vahsrd https://t.co/XeWzXTuWdk
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@samedwardsmd
Sam Edwards
7 years
Great work from @HSREdwin @roslandam et al. "Identifying Latent Subgroups of High-Risk Patients Using Risk Score Trajectories." Two groups: moderate group's risk declines, while persistently high group's risk is stable. Can help targeting care mgt. https://t.co/Kk14Gck1JM
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Check out new research by Ashok Reddy, @rm_werner and colleagues examining the interaction between continuity and team-based care, and it's association with high cost utilization. https://t.co/KeBuA0lvwW
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Objective It remains unknown whether high-functioning teams can compensate for poor continuity of care to support important patient outcomes. Data Source Linked VA administrative and Medicare clai...
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@vahsrd
VA HSR
7 years
How did the Choice Act impact older, Medicare-eligible Vets and their decision to use (or not) VA care? Find out in this NEW PUB from C-F Liu, A Batten, E @HSREdwin, S Fihn, & P Hebert, @HSR_HRET:
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
According to Intel, 90% of all digital data ever created was generated in the last 2 years, and only 1% of this data has been analyzed
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@EricTopol
Eric Topol
7 years
Dating apps use #AI for matchmaking. Now we're seeing #AI for matching patients with primary care doctors. https://t.co/6eQQWXnPj2 #OA by @leid_zejnilovic and colleagues
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Supply side often overlooked in efforts to bend the cost curve. Also highlights the substantial human capital investment in healthcare the US.
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@biancafrogner
Bianca Frogner, PhD
7 years
Just published @MedicalCareLWW w/ @GW_Workforce: community health centers that became patient centered medical homes saw increased use of NPs, PAs, mental health/substance abuse counselors, but not primary care docs or nurses. @NACHC @HRSAgov
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Also very germane to health services research
@KirkDBorne
Kirk Borne
7 years
7 Common Biases That Skew #BigData Results for #DataScientists: https://t.co/PojSCEkQCj #abdsc #Statistics #DataScience #DataLiteracy #DataEthics by @lisamorgan Graphic illustrates Simpson’s Paradox...
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Props to @SLC_IDEAS for organizing and hosting an excellent #CDAConference @vahsrd @VACDAei
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Lesson in sunk costs today @vahsrd CDA meeting. Waited for an hour in a food truck line, paid only to wait another 20 minutes realizing my food wasn’t going to come. Ended up buying a second lunch. Leave it to the economist to to minimize expected utility.
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@HSREdwin
Edwin Wong
7 years
Interested in machine learning? Come check out 5 applications in health services research, room 609-610 @ 8am #arm18
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