iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Journalism can take you to some fun places.

Left to right, David McSwane, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Sascha Coen, Sean Reed.

050 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

For those who have followed this story, more to come.

0100 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Being a Coloradan is stressful tonight.

Two TV screens. Denver nuggets on the left, Colorado avalanche on the right.

1391 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My Alma mater just taking shots at Ohio 😂

315418 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Here for the @liseolsen.bsky.social chat at politics and prose. We met more than a decade ago at the mayborn. Both of us wanted to write books, and here we are.

040 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I’ve seen literally none of these. Just here for Conan.

060 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

12/ Olson sued St. Peter’s, which settled for an undisclosed amount. This is the one case in which Weiner acknowledged his patient was “needlessly” treated …

“I felt that he had MDS,” Weiner said. “I was continuing this medicine to suppress it and control it for as long as possible, because he had no other option. Obviously, if I knew that he never had MDS, I wouldn’t have done it, but I was under the belief from the reports and everything that he should continue it. Now, again, hindsight says that he got it needlessly, and that part of it, I’m sorry about. I am.”

1948 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

6/ Fast forward to 2020, when Weiner was fired by St. Peter’s, which alleged various types of patient harm … www.sphealth.org/stories-news...

Numerous concerns about the care Dr. Tom Weiner provided to patients have been brought to the attention of St. Peter’s Health Administration. The issues we have identified include the following: harm that was caused to patients by receiving treatments, including chemotherapy, that were not clinically indicated or necessary; failure to meet state and federal laws associated with the prescribing of narcotics; failure to refer patients to other specialists for appropriate treatments; and failure to meet requirements associated with clinical documentation.

1336 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I am so proud to be a part of this news organization.

411410 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

15/ There were also fatalities directly tied to his care, according to interviews and records I obtained. For instance, medical reviewers found one elderly patient died as a direct result of him doubling her morphine …

243625 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

11/ His patient load was “exceedingly high” & his compensation “a significant outlier." The pay and workload of 150,000 doctors were presented as dots in a graphic. That lone dot up in the corner? That’s Weiner...

1053354 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

5/ Citing that case, the hospital eventually fired Weiner. It split Helena in two - those who saw a brilliant miracle-worker who'd kept a terminal patient alive for 11 years vs those who had doubts. His supporters organized online, held rallies & raised funds for a billboard …

340922 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

2/ While reporting on COVID, I found myself in Helena, Montana, talking to medical staff at St. Peter’s hospital. It’s the only acute care facility in ~ 100-mile radius & was the only option for residents. It was home to a fabled oncologist named Dr. Thomas C. Weiner…

340124 0

J. David McSwane @davidmcswane.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵

1322209753 0