Saul Blecker
@SaulBlecker
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General internal medicine physician and health services researcher @NYUgrossman. Interested in systems of care, heart failure outcomes, Spanish art.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined November 2015
Heard from @AHRQNews that the entire grants staff has been let go. They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research:
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#ACC23/#WCCardio #JACC LBCT SimPub: An electronic alert more than doubled the prescription of a life-saving therapy among patients with heart failure. https://t.co/qmuu3Pr0RE
#HFrEF #HeartFailure #HealthIT @AmritaMukhopaMD @SaulBlecker @LPhillipsMD @leorahorwitzmd @nyulangone
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jacc.org
Electronic alerts substantially improved evidenced therapy in heart failure. Outstanding presentation by @AmritaMukhopaMD at #ACC23 and available at @JACCJournals
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Electronic alerts substantially improved evidenced therapy in heart failure. Outstanding presentation by @AmritaMukhopaMD at #ACC23 and available at @JACCJournals
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We have a hot topic alert on The Women’s Health Show #OnAirNow with Dr. Caren Behar! Do you have high blood pressure? Are you taking your BP medication properly? We’re talking to @SaulBlecker! Give us a listen https://t.co/Ll5F1q33EN and give us a call 877-698-3627!
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Great practical study @JCardFail by @ShannonMDunlay @SaulBlecker et al: 👉🏽 #FunctionNotFailure clinic visits work to optimize GDMT in HFrEF!
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Can someone please explain this: A life has value at conception, but not when it's nine years old and sitting in a classroom? 😢
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Lose a couple of million workers to early retirement here, lose a couple of million would-be immigrants there -- all of a sudden you're talking real numbers. A look at how America's tight jobs market today is a prelude to "perpetual labour shortage". https://t.co/QxFCt15pz3
economist.com
Even as the pandemic ebbs, the pool of potential workers may be permanently smaller than once assumed
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A lot of chatter about hospitalization "with" versus "for" COVID, implying current hospitalization wave isn't "real." NY state is going to start trying to report the distinction; UK already does. Some thoughts, with exemplar data. /1
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8 yo champ with first vaccine. 11 yo waiting a few days because ‘I’d rather miss school than football’
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Took a Twitter break for several months to help get @NIH #RecoverCOVID up and running to study #LongCovid (AKA #PASC). Thrilled to report @UTHealthSA @UHHospitals have enrolled our first 7 participants! Congrats to them and cast of 1000s working night and day to kick it off. /1
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What's important to our Division? Mentorship! That's why we love putting on Hospitalist Career Mentorship panels for our @nyulangone residents. Shoutout to our diverse and inspiring panel of leaders! Take-home message: say "YES" and do important work that you love. 🙂
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Sign of the times: 7 year old daughter was asked to make category lists. For drinks she said (in order): negroni, milk, juice, wine, coffee, tea...
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Particularly great work by @HayleyBelli. Full RCT to start soon!
Now officially in print @JournalGIM, @devin_mann @SaulBlecker et al use behavioral econ-inspired nudges to reduce overtreatment for older pts with diabetes. 5 percentage point increase in adherence in pilot, though still <25%: more work to be done!
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yes I too prioritize fast Internet, the moon & Mars over the historic pandemic
Pres. Trump is fighting for YOU! Here are some of his priorities for a 2nd term: *Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon *Send the 1st Manned Mission to Mars *Build World’s Greatest Infrastructure System *Establish National High-Speed Wireless Internet Network
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Misleading tweet/ headline! ⬇️ in hospitalisation doesn't necessarily lead to ⬆️ in mortality Also this trend could suggest prior overuse of hospitalization or improved self-management. #COVID19
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Seconded (as lead author). The drop in hospitalizations is likely due to a bunch of factors and may even reflect improved lifestyle
@DrEliDavid @FatEmperor @ProfTimNoakes @jeffreyatucker @JordanSchachtel @MLevitt_NP2013 @Francis_Hoar @kerpen @JoannaBlythman @zoeharcombe No. I am senior author. We do not show that "lockdowns lead to deaths." We show that non-covid volume dropped dramatically at peak, but likely because people were terrified to come in. And, updated data show some non-covid disease now actually lower.
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Paper out today on non-COVID admissions in the time of COVID @JAMAInternalMed. Admittedly, this was more interesting in July, when it was accepted, so here is special bonus content to update it. @SaulBlecker @jones_prof @ajadmon @PetrilliMD @Francois1Fritz
jamanetwork.com
This study examines the frequency of hospitalization for all non–COVID-19-related conditions in a health system at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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