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Journal of General Internal Medicine @journalgim.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

At VA hospitals, patients awaiting #guardianship have prolonged length of stay and higher rates of adverse events. The implications of this can translate to non-VA patients and inform health policy. Read more here: rdcu.be/em1l1

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Prolonged Hospitalization and Adverse Events in Veterans Awaiting Guardianship: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

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Journal of General Internal Medicine @journalgim.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

New in #JGIM: Vietnam veterans are increasingly hospitalized outside the VA. This #scopingreview equips internists with insights on service-related exposures to guide high-quality inpt care. 👉 rdcu.be/em1Xj #VeteranHealth #MedTwitter @rmiller333; @maryannscience1

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Serving Vietnam Veterans Hospitalized Outside the VA System: A Scoping Review of Presumptive Service-Related Illnesses and Presentations

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Nice to see strong support for VA research 85% of all Americans believe it’s vital that VA doctors and staff conduct research www.ipsos.com/en-us/americ...

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Americans support VA research for better Veteran care and medical advancements

Survey reveals strong backing for Veterans’ healthcare research, yet many Americans remain unaware of VA’s scientific contributions

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The public colleges of New York, Texas, and California are great engines of social mobility in America. They move many born in the lower 20% of income to the top 20%. Our most elite universities move smaller numbers from the bottom 20% income to the top 1%. Paper: www.nber.org/system/files...

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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024 Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro and other renewable technologies now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity, up from less than 30% in 2015. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/26/r...

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Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024

Renewable technologies now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity, up from less than 30% in 2015.

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Stephen Jenkins @sjenkinsmd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In this retrospective study of veterans admitted for alcohol withdrawal, the only intervention that improved outcomes was discharge to residential treatment, which was associated with decreased readmission and improved abstinence. #MedSky shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Medications for alcohol‐use disorder and follow‐up after hospitalization for alcohol withdrawal: A multicenter study

Background Alcohol withdrawal is a common reason for admission to acute care hospitals. Prescription of medications for alcohol-use disorder (AUD) and close outpatient follow-up are commonly recomme...

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CU Anschutz Hospital Medicine @cudivhospmed.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Dr. Mel Anderson has been at the forefront of elevating hospital care for veterans. Join us in celebrating his incredible contributions and his induction into the @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social Clinical Excellence Society! 👏🎉 Read about his inspiring career & community impact here 👉 bit.ly/3XomTAC

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CU Doctor Elevates Hospital Care for Veterans Locally and Nationally

Mel Anderson, MD, the VA’s national program executive director of hospital medicine, was inducted into the Clinical Excellence Society.

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Joel Boggan @joelboggan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

TY for finding and commenting! We didn’t find ⬇️ in 30d ED use/readmissions, but you correctly point out other potential benefits - finding 💊 errors, service coordination, symptom trajectory, etc - and that there likely are populations that would benefit from sustained or intensive contact post 🏥

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NEJM AI @ai.nejm.org · 12/02/2025

GPT-4–based translation substantially improved patient comprehension of discharge summary notes, especially in populations that historically have low health literacy. Further research is needed. Read the full article by A. Kumar and colleagues: nejm.ai/4avSdTw #MedSky #AI #MLSky

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A Cross-Sectional Study of GPT-4–Based Plain Language Translation of Clinical Notes to Improve Patient Comprehension of Disease Course and Management

The 21st Century Cures Act provides patients with access to their clinical notes, but most patients, particularly those with limited health literacy, have difficulty understanding and utilizing the...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/01/2025

Great work from @johanm.bsky.social, creating a resource connecting people to aid in LA. www.fireaid.info

Screenshot: LA Fire Mutual Aid Resources website.

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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 08/01/2025

Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago. But when his leg needed replacing last January after about five years of everyday use, his new marketplace health plan wouldn’t authorize it. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity - KFF Health News

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints surgically replaced typically don’t face the same kinds of coverage challenges.

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Rahul Ganatra @rbganatra.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The deeply flawed 2020 paper on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 by Gautret and colleagues has been retracted: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... It remains a powerful reminder of the consequences of uncritical acceptance of results.

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Retraction notice to “Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial” [International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 56 (2020), ...

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

"In lieu of flowers, the Carter family requests that you consider a contribution to The Carter Center." www.jimmycartertribute.org

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Official Jimmy Carter Memorial Site | Remembering the 39th U.S. President

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Angela Keniston, PhD, MSPH @akeniston.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

📢🔔⏰ TODAY is the LAST DAY to sign up for the next round of the Hospital Medicine National Writing Challenge starting January 6th! 📝🥳 Register TODAY: tinyurl.com/3tjh69hc #hospitalistwritingchallenge @societyhospmed.bsky.social @jhospmedicine.bsky.social @cudivhospmed.bsky.social

Alarm clock with the words "Time is running out!"

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Homelessness has increased 18% in the US over the past year-with increases in family homelessness as well as for people who have been homeless for the first time. Veteran homelessness - an area for which there has been intentional investment - is down. apnews.com/article/home...

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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of mig...

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Dan Ly @meddly.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🚨New paper🚨The emergency department (ED) is like a box of chocolates; you never know which doc you're gonna get. What happens when you get a doc that admits patients more often? Are you less likely to die? @stephencoussens and I explore this question in @JAMAInternalMed.🧵1/

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JAMA @jama.com · 10/12/2024

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: This study found a steep decline in cervical cancer mortality among US women younger than 25 years between 2016 and 2021. ja.ma/4ipI8ej

Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality Ratesa and Number of Cervical Cancer Deaths Among US Women Aged Younger Than 25 Years, 1992-2021

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Jesús Palacio @jepala.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

How can we effectively incorporate equity into quality improvement and patient safety? Should there be more projects focused specifically on equity, or should equity be embedded into all quality improvement? BMJ Quality & Safety editorial bit.ly/4f6BsPG #PtSafety

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Taking action on inequities: a structural paradigm for quality and safety

As quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) practitioners, we aspire to improve care for all patients, caregivers and families using improvement methods. While teams are trained to carefully impl...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases - BBC News

England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off.

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Ryan Radecki MD MS @www.evidencetriage.com · 26/11/2024

I remember as an intern getting calls in the night to give unfamiliar patients intravenous hydralazine for their asymptomatic elevated blood pressure. Decades later, I'd have thought we know this is harmful and nonsensical, but apparently not entirely. #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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One-Time and As-Needed Blood Pressure Medication and Adverse Outcomes in VA Hospitals

This cohort study evaluates the risk for acute kidney injury and other adverse effects from as-needed and 1-time blood pressure medications in hospitalized veterans.

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Eric Widera, MD @ewidera.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Medicine focuses a lot on the question “will this help my patient” but not on the question “when will it help my patient.” The latter becomes important as we age. We’ve developed a “time-to-benefit” tool on eprognosis.ucsf.edu to help answer this question. Here is a snapshot #MedSky #FOAMed #meded

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Joel Boggan @joelboggan.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

The latest @BMJ_Qual_Saf blog on clinical improving #antiplatelet therapy uptake: blogs.bmj.com/qualitysafety/… #cardiovascularhealth #healthinequity #medication #QI

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Joel Boggan @joelboggan.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

If you work at the intersection of health quality/safety/equity, consider submitting your work to BMJ Quality & Safety - call for papers 👇 blogs.bmj.com/qualitysafet...

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Call for Papers: Striving for equity in the quality and safety of patient care – BMJ Quality & Sa...

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