Ron Whiting
@RonCWhiting
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Politics, healthcare strategy and quality, outdoors, travel, family.
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Joined November 2011
Call to action: Work with us to eliminate health inequities! Use our guide: https://t.co/K0KlCNLAYj
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Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Vermont rank top @commonwealthfnd 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance https://t.co/ql2SXBtFCc
#COVID19 lessons for bolstering #publichealth & #SDoH
#SocialDeterminants #HealthCitizenship #Healthcare #ACA
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Reminds me of a high school classmate’s surprise at learning Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings.
20 times teenagers discovered old music bands and were surprised that adults around them knew about them https://t.co/g7RRL841pe
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Very excited for a day of learning with @Qiana_Thomason and the @KCHealthEquity Learning and Action Network. Time to get "called in" with @KCHealthCollab, @HealthForwardKC and @BioNexusKC
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I invite everyone to imagine how US senators & right-wing media would react if Ketanji Brown Jackson slipped even once & showed even a *hint* of the entitled umbrage & resentment that Kavanaugh displayed throughout his confirmation.
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Racism must be explored as a key driver of health outcomes & health disparities. The @Health_Affairs Feb 2022 issue (now available) focuses on #RacismAndHealth & includes forward-thinking pieces to help shape future research & policy agenda. Learn more: https://t.co/7hEyadFuDb
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This week, Cynosure Health will answer questions about vaccine acceptance & advocacy among health care workers. We are looking for social influencers to engage others - learn more: https://t.co/bEcVpfYlcY
#COVID19 #Vaccinations #DedicatedEducatedVaccinated
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Why do we spend billions on marginally effective therapeutics and so much less on improving the social determinants of health? Because nobody makes money on helping people be healthy. If this pandemic shows us anything, let it be a shift in priorities.
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Quality improvement efforts must start to focus on the environments in which humans are “born, grow, live, work, and age,” argues Kaveh G Shojania Well known quality improvement (QI) interventions,...
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Be right back..I have some calls to make
Police: Man uses knife, hatchet to kill another man who would not return his calls >>
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It remains a mystery to me why we aren't talking about nursing homes 24/7. Massive share of deaths. Huge scope for improvement, actionable *now*. Seems not enough people follow @DavidCGrabowski. Please do.
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“There are #patients who are hurt, sick and die unnecessarily, because we don't do what we know how to do. Doing what we know how to do today, to make #healthcare safer, better, more effective and more efficient” @MLMillenson
#PatientOrator #PtExp #Crisis #PtExp #COVID19 #hcldr
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Did someone figure out how to make a ventilator out of toilet paper?
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I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over and found an elderly woman and her husband. She cracked her window open a bit more, and explained to me nearly in tears that they are afraid to go in the store.
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Calvins dad is the reason why I’m so sarcastic🤣
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