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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 30/09/2026

Rebuilding a health system takes money. Keeping it coordinated across donors and accountable is the harder part. Open lecture at UiO, Wed 7 Oct, 12–13, with Nataliia Kovalenko (health financing expert, Ukraine). Anyone welcome. healtheconomics.no/H...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 23/09/2026

This was already in the news - but 👍 to see the paper published: a negative result of a multiple-cancer early detection (MCED) test, GRAIL's Galleri, w/ >70k 🇬🇧 particip. Bottomline: stage shifting didn't work here. ❓is if this is even possible with a blood-based test? www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 15/09/2026

Manual data exports: 42.4 per 30 days before TRACE, 4.7 after. Turns out the fix for shadow copies of sensitive health data isn't better rules -- it's not needing the export. Open source, GDPR-shaped, feasibility not effectiveness. Free link: link.springer.com/ar...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 26/08/2026

Aimed at DA modelers in health econ: Agentic Coding - The Dark Side of the Moon? www.slideshare.net/s...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 24/08/2026

Just finished Deb Cohen's "Bad Influence." Her chat with Eric Topol is a fabulous overview of the book, stories included -- how influencers replaced doctors as our trusted health voice. erictopol.substack.c...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 19/08/2026

I worked on the cost side: widen biologic eligibility, exacerbations drop further, but at what price? Current UK criteria cover 1 in 5 severe asthma patients; broader criteria push that 3-6x, at £261M-£1.6B over 5yrs. Free link 👇 www.sciencedirect.co...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 03/07/2026

Wonderful @smdm.bsky.social mtg in Oslo: great to see old friends & meet new ones Loved that people got to experience Oslo Claxton/Philipson debate a highlight as was the warm welcome from the mayor&Ivar at City Hall 👏@emilyannika.bsky.social, @twisloff.bsky.social, teams, & supporters 🙏 #SMDM26

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 27/06/2026

Looking forward to @smdm.bsky.social's 2026 meeting to start in beautiful Oslo, 🇳🇴 🌞 🙌 🤗 #SMDM26

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 18/05/2026

Free chapter from 50 Studies Every #Hospitalist Should Know (@academic.oup.com) -- no login needed, available until June 24. Edited by Geisler, Greenwald & Tran / @harvard.edu. #MedEd #HospitalMedicine academic.oup.com/book/62233/c...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 13/05/2026

Tropical cyclones raise heart attack risk by 14% in just 3 days. As climate change intensifies storms, cardiovascular systems -- especially in middle-income countries -- must prepare. New editorial in European Heart Journal 🌀🫀 Guest access link below: academic.oup.com/eur...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 12/05/2026

AI can retrieve any guideline instantly. It still can't tell you your patient wasn't in the trial. Talked to KevinMD about this (and a few studies worth actually knowing) with my co-editors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep6m...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 15/04/2026

Endpoint Arena bills itself as a prediction market for clinical trials. How do human/AI predictions influence recruitment, early termination, disinvestment? Can we still call it equipoise if a trial is badmouthed? Will there be insider training like on Polymarket? endpointarena.com/

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 31/03/2026

At #SHMConverge26? Today's Updates in Hospital Medicine covers the last year. Our book covers the last 20+ years - the evidence beneath the updates. Free chapter (DOSE trial) until April 16: academic.oup.com/boo... 30% discount AUFLY30: academic.oup.com/

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 20/03/2026

The editing team (before years of transatlantic Zoom calls) 🤓 Grateful to every contributor who made this educational product happen 🙏

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 19/03/2026

50 Studies Every Hospitalist Should Know wouldn't exist without its contributors - hospitalists, cardiologists, ID specialists, intensivists who distilled the trials that shape their bedside decisions. This book is theirs. Grateful to every one of them. www.amazon.com/Studies-Ever...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 10/03/2026

Physical copy of 50 Studies Every Hospitalist Should Know arrived.. After years of transatlantic editing with Jeff & Kathy -starting from when we met at @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social- the paperback is a different feeling! Now available from @oxunipress.bsky.social: www.amazon.com/Studies-Ever...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 27/02/2026

ChatGPT Health under-triaged 52% of true emergencies and overtriaged 65% of "home" cases in a new Nature Medicine study. Triage is judgment, not just language per se. "This is a patient safety issue." www.nature.com/artic...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 05/02/2026

Moltbook: 1.5M AI agents posting on a social network where humans just watch. Karpathy calls it "sci-fi takeoff-adjacent." Real tech capability or elaborate performance art? Probably both. Worth watching either way. 🦞🤖

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 02/02/2026

Update: Now live on Kindle! 📱 Seeing "50 Studies Every Hospitalist Should Know" on Amazon feels surreal after months of work with brilliant contributors worldwide. Paperback soon | www.amazon.com/Studies-Ever...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 07/01/2026

New 13-year study of 4K Norwegian pregnancies with RA: medication use during pregnancy up 31%→50% (2008-18), driven by TNF inhibitors. But gaps remain in preconception care. w/ Eun-Young Choi, Marleen van Gelder, 오인선In-Sun Oh, and Hedvig Marie Nordeng www.sciencedirect.co...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 07/01/2026

SMDM 2026 social event announced: Oslo City Hall in the Nobel Peace Prize Reception Hall. Bread and Games subsequently. smdm.org/civicrm/eve...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 22/12/2025

Great post in Bob Wachter's new substack: Will A.I. kill health care jobs, too (and not just coders', Uber drivers', or those in admin, manufacturing, retail ...)? Bob's conclusion: yes, but it may not be the clinical jobs! CDI? Compliance? More so! substack.com/inbox/p...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 22/12/2025

New in Lancet Oncol: Which occupations have the highest cancer deaths? For ♂s it was the rather broad construction/extraction category, for ♀s the transportation one. Statisticians, chiropractors, & funeral directors had the highest breast cancer risk bit.ly/4aZLP9c

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 19/12/2025

Hospital medicine is evolving fast! 50 Studies Every Hospitalist Should Know (OUP), co-edited w/ Jeff & Kathy, distills landmark trials for everyday inpatient decisions -- who was studied, effect sizes, and key limits beyond guidelines. Pre-order paperback (ebook coming): www.amazon.com/Studi...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 03/12/2025

🔥 Don't miss THE debate of #SMDM2026 in Oslo: Tomas Philipson vs. Karl Claxton debate drug pricing & value of innovation. Two heavyweights with ?opposing views. Moderated by Mark Sculpher. Hoping for fireworks and that this is going to be epic. smdm.org/meeting/48t...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 02/12/2025

"'It's going much too fast': the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it" Guardian Interactive story: www.theguardian.com/...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 21/11/2025

Not sure what the CDC is referring to here? www.cochranelibrary....

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/09/2025

5/6 ⚖️ Migration is one factor shaping Europe’s future. Employment rates, pension reform & healthcare capacity also matter. Some rural areas face depopulation, but newcomer resettlement projects show potential to revitalize communities.

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/09/2025

4/6 🏥 European health systems depend heavily on foreign-trained doctors. Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, UK & Sweden have 30-44% foreign-trained doctors. 🇳🇴 relies on Norwegians educated abroad due to limited domestic medical school slots.

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/09/2025

3/6 💸 Tax burdens are rising as pension & elderly care costs grow. These demographic trends will put greater fiscal pressure on governments & societies in decades ahead.

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/09/2025

2/6 📉 Low birth rates drive native population decline. Without migration, the EU population could fall from 447M today to ~295M by 2100. The share of 65+ could rise from 21% to 36%, increasing care burdens & government spending.

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/09/2025

1/6 🌍 Europe faces a major demographic challenge. By 2100, the 🇪🇺’s population may shrink 6% with migration, but over 1/3 without it. Countries like Italy, Germany & France could face economic pressures from ageing populations & shrinking workforces. #Demographics #Europe

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 02/08/2025

Interesting Fierce Pharma article by Angus Liu on Vinay Prasad's departure from the F.D.A.: www.fiercepharma.com... The "Right to Try" is the law and shouldn't be a partisan, de-regulatory issue. Experts and regulators should consider if it's doing our patients justice or not.

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 04/04/2025

Do viruses like VZV have a role in developing dementia? The shingles vaccine (in a natural experiment) prevented some dementia - but only in women www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xiT...

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 24/02/2025

If you haven't heard anything about the #GermanElections, this chart tells you a lot - almost everything you need to know #Germany Figure credit: sueddeutsche.de

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 14/02/2025

"ICER, NICE, and Canada’s Drug Agency Convene the Health Economics Methods Advisory:" icer.org/news-insigh... #HTA #HEOR

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 14/02/2025

Sad but unsurprising: "US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023." ja.ma/4aVchPn

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 13/02/2025

Merch (baby onesies!) sold by the non-profit founded by our newly confirmed HHS Secretary Photo credit: @nytimes.com

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Benjamin P. Geisler @ben-geisler.com · 17/01/2025

Word www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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