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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Is the "temporary pause" of disbursement of all federal grants/loans an unlawful impoundment? It almost certainly is. A brief 🧵

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American Institutes for Research @airinforms.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

What are the benefits of cash transfers? How can Medicare improve outcomes for kidney patients? Why did AAPI individuals receive markedly different care than other groups during COVID-19? It's all in the latest AIR News → icont.ac/50WNV

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Today, mitsmr.bsky.social published ten essential leadership tips for 2025 to "build your leadership skill set & solve tough challenges in the new year": sloanreview.mit.edu/article/10-e... Interesting how many of them are so called "soft skills". Perspectives of leadership are changing.

1) Articulate your leadership values & hold yourself accountable
2) Delegate better: consider the level of trust in the process
3) Get honest input: empower people to stop self-censoring
4) Tap the power of mid level managers to strengthen culture
5) Develop more continuous learners in your organisation
6) Set better boundaries with your team
7) Energise team meetings: Make everyone feel heard
8) Stop exalting busyness
9) Be a manager — not a mouthpiece for higher-ups
10) Communicate more effectively about change

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I have meetings at noon! My body is now programmed to eat lunch somewhere between 10:30 am and 11:30 am.

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 13/12/2024

Motion to ban the term hysterical from ever being used in reference to female patients or the issues that affect them.

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American Institutes for Research @airinforms.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, we're reflecting on AIR projects and initiatives that exemplify the vital interplay between research and lived experience, www.air.org/air-2024-hig...

A group of people in blue shirts, embracing and standing in a circle in a sunny park, symbolizing teamwork and unity.

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Patient-Led Research Collaborative @patientled.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We're hiring 2 new roles! These are 6-month contracts with possible extension, and can be between 25-40 hrs/week. Deadline Dec 31! 1) Partnerships & Advocacy Coordinator 2) Fundraising & Operations Manager Please share widely! patientresearchcovid19.com/job-opportun... #LongCovid #neisvoid #pwme

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Job Opportunities – Patient Led Research Collaborative

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

PCORI Project by Dr. Talal & team: Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder -- The TEAM-C Study 6/ #publichealth www.pcori.org/research-res...

What was the research about?
Opioid use disorder, or OUD, occurs when a pattern of using opioids, such as prescription medicines or heroin, leads to dependence or distress. People with OUD have a high risk for becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus, or HCV. Without treatment, HCV can lead to liver failure, liver cancer, or death.

Opioid treatment programs, or OTPs, can help people with OUD using medicine and behavioral therapy. However, many OTPs don’t provide on-site treatment for HCV.

In this study, the research team compared two ways to provide HCV care to patients in OTPs:

Usual care. OTPs provided care for patients’ OUD. For HCV care, patients received a referral to an off-site HCV specialist.
Supported telehealth. OTPs provided care for patients’ OUD. For HCV care, a case manager helped patients connect with an off-site HCV specialist in a telehealth appointment. Telehealth is a way to provide care to patients remotely using video and audio. Patients then received HCV medicine in person from a nurse at the OTP.
The research team wanted to learn if the supported telehealth approach increased the number of people whose HCV was cured compared with usual care.

What were the results?
Three months after completing treatment, 90 percent of patients with HCV who received treatment through supported telehealth had their HCV cured compared with 39 percent of patients who received usual care.

The two approaches didn’t differ in patient-reported satisfaction with care.

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Through my work, I see all the PCORI research summaries that are posted, so I thought it would be fun to highlight some that come through that catch my eye and/or when I remember to post something up! (also explore all here: www.pcori.org/explore-our-...) 5/

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The work of writing these research summaries is done by the PCOR Translation Center (PCOR TC) which is managed by AIR. I lead the team who does this work (and also serve as the deputy project director for PCOR TC overall). 4/

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The summaries of PCORI research findings are available in different forms. One version is written in plain language at a 6th to 8th grade reading level. There is also a version written for a more technical audience. The findings are translated into Spanish and also an audio version is provided. 3/

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

PCORI is groundbreaking in being transparent about the results of their funded research. All the research projects funded by PCORI are required to have the results of their project posted on PCORI's website within 90 days of a research project being complete. 2/

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funds clinical research that compares two or more medical treatments, services, or health practices to help patients and others make better-informed decisions. Since 2010, they have funded $4.5 billion to more than 2,400 research projects 1/

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A real, actual thing BCBS is doing youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...

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No More General Anesthesia

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

As a hockey fan and a health researcher, I find these results very scary. The NHL needs to address this ASAP.

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This important work to center people and communities when working across systems is built upon our initial RWJF funded work to align systems to improve equity using shared measurement.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

As with improv, social medial works a lot better when you have a “yes, and…” mentality. Twitter trained a lot of people into “no, but…” and that is just going to catch you a lot of blocks here. 💁🏻‍♀️

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

AIR Health Division is hiring for a Principal Researcher to lead projects and business development about Healthcare Quality Improvement and Learning Systems! Come work with me at AIR! jobs-airdc.icims.com/jobs/13223/p...

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Build a Career at AIR

AIR’s mission is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. AIR offers an innovative, collaborative environment where people can build successful careers...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

PCORI had a great session on Achieving Patient-Centeredness in Artificial Intelligence(AI) at their annual meeting. I continue to refer back to it. Available online (freel here www.pcori.org/events/2024/... #healthservices #healthcare

Patient-centered Al
Patient-centered Al engages patients as partners throughout the entire Al
life cycle, from problem formulation, to design and implementation of Al
services that enable patients to make informed healthcare decisions and
contribute to improvements in healthcare delivery and outcomes
Achieving this aim requires that Al solutions are designed, used, and
optimized in a way that:
Is fair, secure, transparent, and reliable;
Demonstrates responsiveness to real-world needs of engaged
patients and communities;
Is aligned with patient values and preferences.

Artificial Intelligence
(AI)

Human-Centered Al
Health Informatics
Digital Health

Algorithmic Life Cycle
Phase 1- Problem formulation
Phase 2 - Data selection, assessment and management
Phase 3 - Algorithm development, training and validation
Phase 4 - Deployment and integration of algorithms in
intended settings
Phase 5 - Algorithm monitoring, maintenance, updating
or de-implementation
Need for authentic engagement of patients and
communities in each phase!

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Tressie McMillan Cottom's new column with post-election analysis - How an Empty Internet Gave Us Tradwives and Trump www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...

There is no better indicator of how
important the wellness left-right
configuration mattered to this election
than Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. to head the Department of Health
and Human Services. Kennedy
embodies incoherent ideas of a social-
media-driven iteration of white
nationalist ideas about health, such as
touting raw milk and junk science
about Covid-19 vaccines

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 21/11/2024

HeartLife Foundation, Transform HF, and Canadian Heart Function Alliance are hosting a free webinar on compensation for patient partners in research on Thursday, November 28, 9–10 am Pacific. #PatientEngagement & #POR folks—please share with your networks! www.eventbrite.ca/e/patient-pa...

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Patient Partner Compensation Webinar for Researchers

Join us to learn everything you need to know about compensating your patient partners for their participation in your research.

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Caroline Dew @caro-icu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds” Dr Rebecca Szabo et al @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social Research 🔗: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... #ResusSky

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths State’s public health commissioner said action was taken because “confidential information..was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.” www.propublica.org/article/geor...

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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

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Robin Rudowitz @robinr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Medicaid work requirements are expected to be back on the agenda - our new brief recaps the landscape of work requirement approvals and pending requests at the end of President Trump’s first term and examines recent state activity. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

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Medicaid Work Requirements: Current Waiver and Legislative Activity | KFF

With Donald Trump returning to the presidency and Republican control of the Senate and House, work requirements are likely to be back on the agenda—through federal legislation or Medicaid waivers. Thi...

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Our organizers have been in Vox, Nature, and Science the past couple days! Check it out 👇🏽 @kssphd.bsky.social in Vox: www.vox.com/future-perfe... @clionamurray.com in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @shaine.bsky.social in Science: www.science.org/content/arti... #BlackSky #Neuroscience 🧪

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Only 1 percent of neuroscience faculty is Black. Kaela Singleton hopes to change that.

Whatever you do, don’t call the Black in Neuro founder “resilient.”

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"Yes RFK Jr believes a lot of unhinged things but did you know that he also believes some slightly less unhinged things?"

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oh this makes me very glad they don't have my contact information

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Yas MA, MPH @xyzzl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

North Carolina is home to the oldest state Office of Rural Health (ORH). ORH was established in 1973. #PublicHealthSky

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

9/ Our new Health Services Research article - Leaders across systems & communities can use these shared measurement principles to reimagine & transform how systems create equitable health by centering the needs and priorities of the communities they serve. Free access here: t.co/6M3yJ3hXR3

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.14031

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

8/ We did a Health Hats podcast with @healthhats.bsky.social Communities take action to improve. Shared measurement lights the way. Simple, routine, effective. Lessons learned from the field with Tania Dutta & Uma Kotagal health-hats.com/pod137/

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Communities Advancing Equity through Shared Measurement

Communities take action to improve. Shared measurement lights the way. Simple, routine, effective. Lessons learned from the field with Tania Dutta & Uma Kotagal

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

7/ We did webinar with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health that was our first presentation that captures this work from start to finish - how we did it, responding to COVID, & what we learned about shifting power to communities t.co/mqfWnqBnWm

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

6/ We have a companion guide to put the principles into action, including a set of reflection questions to encourage conversations between partners and promising practices that reflect lessons learned from talking to existing programs & communities www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

5/ We also have a video overview of the project Aligning Systems with Communities to Advance Equity through Shared Measurement t.co/bpt0xt9dMt

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

4b/Knowing It When I See It: Listening to Community Members About What It Means for Systems to Align for Their Health and Well-Being www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

4a/To center communities’ perspectives, our team listened to community members share how they would like to see systems work together. These briefs highlight what they want to see improved, what having an equal role in initiatives looks like, and what accountability means to them

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3f/ Use Case: Community Schools Initiative used measurement to encourage different systems across the U.S. to align around student success by improving student learning, supporting families, and creating healthier communities www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3e/ Use Case: Vermont Health in All Policies used measurement to encourage different systems within Vermont to align around health equity www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3d/Use Case: SA2020 used measurement to encourage different systems within San Antonio to align around San Antonians' vision for the future of their city and track progress toward those goals www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3c/ Use Case: The Los Angeles Homeless Initiative used measurement to encourage different systems within LA County to work together to reduce homelessness www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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Kirsten Firminger @kfirminger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

3b/ Use Case: Connect SoCal (SB-375) used measurement to encourage different systems within six counties in Southern California to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions www.air.org/sites/defaul...

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