Usha Lee McFarling
@ushamcfarling
Followers
5K
Following
4K
Media
355
Statuses
9K
NEW: Black residents are being forced out of training at rates much higher than their white colleagues. It's a crisis that has largely remained invisible because no one is tracking the numbers and few are willing to speak about it. My new report:
statnews.com
A STAT investigation found that Black residents leave or are terminated from training programs at far higher rates than white residents.
193
1K
2K
I wrote about this new analysis that shows it’s really worth digging into state level data when we think about disparities. Outcomes differ widely by state and by racial groups within states. https://t.co/MsNYB3w2Ig via @statnews
statnews.com
A new analysis of health inequities shows that every state has deep racial and ethnic disparities in the performance of their health care systems.
4
10
27
Hi everyone. I'm done here for now. Please connect with me/message me at:
1
1
12
"It's doable" is one of the best quotes from my 2023 reporting.
Thankful to @ushamcfarling for this story on #datadisaggregation. It’s doable. #dataequity @uclachpr @UCLAFSPH @RWJF @JAMAHealthForum @AcademyHealth @Filxao_CHA
0
0
5
"Invisible in the data: Broad ‘Asian American’ category obscures health disparities" by @ushamcfarling @statnews. See also @JPHMPDirect article led by @naoko_muramatsu on making the invisible visible and battling structural racism against Asians in U.S.
journals.lww.com
An abstract is unavailable.
People with Asian ancestry are almost always grouped into a single racial category in U.S. public health. “You cannot have health equity without data equity,” said @NinezPonce.
0
6
7
“You cannot have health equity without data equity."@ushamcfarling discusses pitfalls of lumping nearly 25 million people into a single Asian American category. Read more about the harmful blindspots caused by this general classification in @statnews here: https://t.co/GypPT6GhPe
statnews.com
Blending together the highly diverse pool of Asian Americans in widely used metrics obscures vast differences in their health.
0
1
6
Yet another reason to subscribe to STAT+: The incredible work of my colleague @JonathanWosen who has been in a series of very smart stories tracing the important changes (and exodus of scientists) from academic life science and what it might mean. See🧵
A STAT Special Report: There is genuine concern about the long-term health of academia and ultimately the pace of scientific progress as the number of scientists leaving academia for biotech labs grows.
1
8
17
The FDA responded that they are planning another meeting with experts and the publication of a discussion paper to solicit more feedback. Meanwhile, many of those involved in studying the devices and working on new ones remain frustrated that no concrete action has been taken.
0
0
1
The FDA is taking so long to fix the pulse oximeter problem, half of the nation's state attorney generals have gotten involved. My latest with @iwashyna and @KadijaFerryman
https://t.co/0DybR3DBdw via @statnews
statnews.com
Twenty-five AGs called on the FDA to take urgent action on pulse oximeters' inaccuracies when used on people with darker skin.
2
13
21
Glad to see some justice on this finally. This has gone on for far too long. Orthopedic surgery needs to do better as a field if this type of behavior is tolerated.
dailybreeze.com
Accreditation agency finds the major LA County hospital in substantial noncompliance amid widespread complaints, lawsuits against its former orthopedics chief.
1
10
1
Tim you are right about almost everything. But not this.
0
5
4
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
1K
13K
39K
A truly stellar STAT First Opinion piece on liquid biopsies and the effects of potential false positives: https://t.co/QjdGdcHSwe
0
10
4
It’s such an honor to have Death Sentence included in this anthology. I’ve been giddy about this for months.
Now available! THE BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE WRITING 2023. Contributors include @rozina_ali; @sjmichaels; Natalie So; @ClintSmithIII; @RaquelRutledge and @bykenarmstrong; @NicholasFlorko; and @tashpearlman
https://t.co/cjDGs4OoIN
@ColumbiaUP
4
8
40
Translated! Please share! La ‘paradoja hispana’ intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla https://t.co/qBsIr7TZ9E
@JohnMRuiz4 @LuisaBorrell @EstebanBurchard @jbetancourtpr @neurociencias @carlos_glezgtez @GustavoArellano
statnews.com
La "paradoja hispana" intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla.
0
13
12
I'm really. happy we were able to translate this particular story into Spanish. Please share!
0
1
4
Escribí este artículo sobre la "paradoja hispana" y lo que podemos aprender de las razones los hispanos en EE. UU. tienen vidas más largas que otros grupos. Espero que disfruten esta historia.
statnews.com
La "paradoja hispana" intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla.
1
5
6
I can’t wait for this conversation. Still time to register virtually for STAT Summit if you’d like to be there too.
It will truly be an honor to share a stage with Pulitzer Prize winning expert journalist @ushamcfarling, at the 2023 National @statnews Summit. Usha is consistently sparking an awareness to deeply entrenched fights for healthcare equity nationally.
1
7
9