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Leora Horwitz

@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
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Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health; #NIHRECOVER adult PI; general internist; quality/safety/healthcare delivery; mom of 3 boys. Posts are my own. @medsky.social‬

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Shande Farmisht @pjt1919.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#HHS #AHRQ Next time you go to the hospital - REMEMBER -Roger Klein, RFK JR & HHS decided it is “not in the best interest of the fed govt” that it is SAFE, EFFECTIVE & HIGH QUALITY. @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @atrupar.com
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HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies
The Trump administration terminated dozens of health research grants this week, telling grantees it is shifting priorities to issues like the “overmedication of children” and autism, according to a pr...
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alex @alexazan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Our new study in @jamanetworkopen.com! We found that heat-associated ED use in older adults at a safety-net hospital was amplified at a heat index of 90F - below NYC’s 95F advisory threshold. Health systems can use EHR data to identify + address patient-level risks missed by municipal efforts.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It's 89 degrees in LA today! Is your grandmother at risk? In new research in @jamanetworkopen.com led by @alexazan.bsky.social we find heat risk is quite variable: older patients at one ED had little risk from high heat while those at another in the same city had markedly higher ED rates. 🧵/1
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Shande Farmisht @pjt1919.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
#AHRQ NOFOS EARLY EXPIRED NIH GUIDE No new awards since 4/25 - entire grants program staff FIRED If no active NOFOs & no FY26 awards IS AHRQ NO LONGER A GRANT MAKING AGENCY Does Congress care @meganranney.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social
Image of list of AHRQ NOFOS from NIH Guide includes titles and expiration dates that are March 2026 - earlier than original dates.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Proud of @societygim.bsky.social for taking action to preserve the vital grant-making functions of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which more than pays for itself by funding research to improve patient safety and quality of care #MedSky #HealthPolicy www.citizen.org/news/health-...
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Health Research Groups Sue HHS For Halting Grantmaking at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, nonprofit organizations Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) sued Robert…
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David Shaywitz @dshaywitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
5. Real progress means being strategic about where we look (domains with usable signals, outcomes, and interventions) and disciplined in how we learn: agile cycles of probing, discarding, and scaling (~more agile, less waterfall...) @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
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Shande Farmisht @pjt1919.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
HHS silently installs new AHRQ Director after it eliminates the AHRQ Office of the Director in the April 1 HHS RIF rogerdklein.com #AHRQ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @alt-hhs.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D.
Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D., is a board-certified molecular pathologist and attorney who was formerly Chief Medical Officer of OmniSeq, Inc., a tumor profiling company that was acquired by LabCorp. Dr....
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Shande Farmisht @pjt1919.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
HHS AHRQ - supported research to make healthcare safer! Now can’t fund grants, publish new NOFOs or award contracts but according to HHS these duties are unnecessary!! @alt-hhs.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com
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Federal cuts to health care research and quality agency make Missouri hospitals less safe • Missouri Independent
The Trump administration recently slashed funding for the federal agency that works to improve our health care system.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Why cutting funds for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality #AHRQ and other scientific research is penny wise pound foolish. Thanks @ericboodman.bsky.social for including me. #MedSky #HealthPolicy www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...
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Claiming to fight waste, Trump administration slashes potentially cost-saving research
Claiming it wants to cut waste, the Trump administration has terminated grants for research testing ways to save the health care system money.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Attention - new opportunity to obtain funding for ancillary studies for #RECOVER #LongCOVID cohorts recovercovid.org/funding/roa-... #MedSky
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RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
the return on investment for this type of research is huge.
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Shande Farmisht @pjt1919.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
AHRQ cannot publish new funding opportunities - it’s beyond the awards process….
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Andy Pasternak @tubadrew.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
So much of the research that I use to help treat patients in my family medicine office comes from #AHRQ. On a day with a lot of depressing news, this it at the top
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is wildly reckless; AHRQ is little known to the general public and even those working in healthcare- but their behind the scenes impact is massive. See the 🧵
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Maaisha Osman @maaisha.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Full details on the meeting: insidehealthpolicy.com/share/149694
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Mike Johansen @mikejohansenmd.medsky.social · 24/07/2025
AHRQ funds a good chunk of the practical medical research in the US.
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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If we really wanted to reduce healthcare costs, we’d increase AHRQ funding. This is tragic and short-sighted. Another disappeared federal agency that no one knows about but has helped save numerous lives (Q=Quality) and lots of money
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
AHRQ is the Agency for HealthCare and Research Quality. It more than pays for itself by providing practical insights about a sector that represents a huge portion of GDP. But Trump has decided that research is inefficient.
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is such good work by Hopkins’ Joe Levy and team #HBHI @bsph-hpm.bsky.social
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Ben @bseahawk14.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Man this one really hurts AHRQ is vital to evidence based practice and making healthcare better
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Just reckless, anti-science and will cause real harm in the long run on people.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Important thread 🧵 on a terrible decision. Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
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Shannon O’Mac @shannonomac.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
AHRQ does amazing work in healthcare that saves lives and saves money. 👑 Defunding it is just dumb. It’s something you’d only do if you were trying to destroy our healthcare system, not fix it. 💣 It’s almost like the current administration is actively trying to destroy the country…🤔
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Online early in Obesity, in a study of >15K patients nationally, we find that almost half of people prescribed #semaglutide (Wegovy) stop taking it by 5 months - esp if they have a high copay or lower income - even though all had commercial insurance. #MedSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Panel A is a Sankey diagram showing titration and discontinuation rates by month from first prescription. Panel B shows cumulative discontinuation rates by month, reaching 46% by month 5.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Now completely sold out in-person - but you can still register to attend all but the workshops online! www.eventbrite.com/e/catalyzing... Our stand-out lineup features Tom Maddox, Genevieve Melton-Meaux, Raina Merchant & Mitesh Patel, then panels, posters & workshops. #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Now completely sold out in-person - but you can still register to attend all but the workshops online! www.eventbrite.com/e/catalyzing... Our stand-out lineup features Tom Maddox, Genevieve Melton-Meaux, Raina Merchant & Mitesh Patel, then panels, posters & workshops. #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
AHRQ and ASPE being merged. HRSA being merged with SAMHSA and NIOSH. #medSky #HealthPolicy www.hhs.gov/about/news/hhs-restruct…
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Sue Lacey Bryant @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A thoughtful read on Learning Health Systems by @tomfoley.bsky.social and @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social. Developing a learning health system is far more than a project in want of a technical fix; these are sociotechnical systems. bit.ly/3Deo1A9
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Learning Health Systems
Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Learning Health Systems
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Tom Foley @tomfoley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Delighted to have worked on this Learning Health System report with @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk Great to see it published today. Hope you find it helpful!
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Was wonderful to work with @tomfoley.bsky.social to write this chapter on Learning Health Systems. Now free, online - hope you all enjoy the read! #MedSky
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Glad that NYS now recommending subtyping of all hospitalized flu A specimens given current high level of flu A cases (H5N1 "bird flu" is one type of influenza A) and obvious national animal spread by now. But also baffled that it took so long. #MedSky #H5N1 #BirdFlu
3 graphs of flu activity: two showing current surge in positive cases and hospitalized cases in NYS, and one showing type breakdown, with nearly all being flu A and most without subtyping performed
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Delighted our paper on post #COVID #MECFS from #NIHRECOVER is out last week in @journalgim.bsky.social. We find people are almost 5x more likely to develop ME/CFS ("chronic fatigue syndrome") after first COVID infection than uninfected controls. #MedSky link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Incidence and Prevalence of Post-COVID-19 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Report from the Observational RECOVER-Adult Study - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may occur after infection. How often people develop ME/CFS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. Objective To determine the inci...
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Out yesterday in BMJ Quality & Safety, we show that texting parents in the evening and 2 days later at noon that we have "reserved" a vaccine for their child, along with a direct scheduling link, increases vaccination rates. @berni-hk.bsky.social qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Effect of text message reminders to improve paediatric immunisation rates: a randomised controlled quality improvement project
Previous studies have demonstrated that text message reminders can improve pediatric vaccination rates, including low income & diverse settings such as those served by federally qualified health cente...
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Mady Hornig, MA, MD @mhornig.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Great 🧵by @leorahorwitzmd on the new JAMA ppr on 2024 update to #NIHRECOVER #LongCOVID index. Also listen to her incisive presentation on the podcast (see🔗👇). Great to work w/this group as we strive to refine understanding of this disabling disorder's clinical manifestations
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Now out in @jama.com, the 2024 update to the #NIHRECOVER 2023 #LongCOVID index. Explainer follows. 🧵#MedSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/n
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2024 Update of the RECOVER-Adult Long COVID Research Index
This prospective, observational cohort study uses data from the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery adult cohort to assess post–COVID-19 condition (or long COVID) with additional participant data an...
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Shoba Ramanadhan @shobarama.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Wonderful debate at #DIScience24! Dr. Irie did an amazing job stressing the opportunities to build lasting, relationships/infrastructure when we play the long game. Loved Dr. @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social ‘s notes on hustling when we have solid evidence, low-risk opportunities, etc. #TeamItDepends
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Today! 4p! #DIScience24 #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · 05/12/2024
For anyone who joined recently:
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Kevin Slavin @slavin-fpo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Since H5N1 flu is finally getting news coverage, here’s a looong 🧵 on what I learned while working on it for a few months at Ginkgo Biosecurity (I don’t work there anymore and this thread is on no one’s behalf) Everything here is info you can get elsewhere but just to lay it all out insomnia style
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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
If you're not absolutely delighted by the antifungal name Ibrexafungerp then nothing will please you
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
“Good science takes time, says @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social, the co-PI for the #RECOVER-Adult Observational Cohort at NYU. And, #longCOVID is an ‘exceedingly complicated’ illness that appears to affect nearly every organ system.” #MedSky #IDSky #COVID19 #Advocacy www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Long COVID patients push to see federal research refocused on treatments
The federal government has allocated $1.15 billion so far on long COVID research, without bringing any new treatments to market. Patients and scientists say it's time to push harder for breakthroughs.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Reposting this from my X account where it was a reply to a Bill Ackman post questioning value and safety. Why we give hepatitis B vaccine to babies, and how we know they are safe and effective. 🧵#MedSky
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
B.C. teen with #birdflu remains in critical condition per officials. Genetic analysis from the teenager has revealed mutations that may make it easier for the virus to infect humans.  Meanwhile, the virus has killed >280 million poultry birds since 2021, infected >400 dairy herds
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🧵Growing outbreaks of vaccine preventable, severe disease in kids: A grim thread “As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”
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Whooping cough cases have quintupled. These states have it worst
Pertussis – a disease commonly referred to as whooping cough – is spreading quickly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. The U.S. has seen five times more cases in 2024 than we di…
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Fun fact: If you type “/honk” underneath a post, a honking goose appears. Use your power wisely.
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Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Aww look at the patient right there in the center of my PubMed word cloud. Thanks @morinryan.bsky.social for making this super fun tool scholargoggler.com #MedSky
Cloud of words in various colors and sizes. Some of the largest words include patient hospital health rate readmission discharge study care covid19 risk among associated outcomes included clinical value cohort infection mortality medicare
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