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Terry Adirim MD

@terryadirimmd.bsky.social
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Physician, published book author and healthcare leader. I advocate for healthcare transformation to create healthy populations. #MedSky #childhealth #PEM #AI

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 21/09/2026
"[Sublingual ketamine is] easy to carry, and needle-free for use in large-scale combat." -- @terryadirimmd.bsky.social, former acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, discussing an emergency use pathway for a sublingual ketamine product. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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Health, Defense Secretaries Pave Way for Ketamine Drug
Emergency declaration sets up pathway for sublingual ketamine to treat pain in service members
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
👇 Get your copy now from Amazon: bit.ly/4nCWoDv or any major bookseller.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
With benefits season coming up sooner than later, arm yourself with information to help you with health insurance choices. What should you look for in a plan? Learn how this can impact your finances. Be prepared to make these choices. Get your copy now - Amazon: bit.ly/4nCWoDv
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A kind, talented lady passed away. May her memory be a blessing. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Now would be a good time for Erica Schwartz, the new CDC director, to speak out about the measles epidemic and promote vaccination. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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Two Unvaccinated People Died from Measles in Pennsylvania, Officials Say (Gift Article)
The deaths, which one doctor called “extremely rare in the modern era,” were the first in the United States in 2026.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I had a great conversation with @DrLauraSutton, podcast host of the Designing Healthcare that Cares podcast. We discussed AI in Healthcare: How AI is Improving Patient Care and Physician Burnout. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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AI in Healthcare: How Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Patient Care & Reducing Physician Burnout | Dr. Terry Adirim
Podcast Episode · Designing Healthcare that Cares Podcast · August 24 · 42m
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you to Dr. Joe Sirven and WJCT for hosting me on "What's Health Got To Do With It? I appreciated the opportunity to talk about my book, "The Prepared Patient" and speak to your audience about how to navigate our complex, broken health care system. news.wjct.org/show/whats-h...
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Mapping the system
A recent nursing graduate whose award-winning research on maternal nutrition and childhood allergies highlights the power of curiosity and the importance of following the evidence. Patients are being ...
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today, The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Surviving the Health Care System is out! No matter who you are, if you need care, you will be challenged to access it and pay for it. Become an informed, empowered patient. Get a copy! Available at: Amazon bit.ly/4nCWoDv
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Get your copy of my book, The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Surviving the Health Care System at Amazon bit.ly/4nCWoDv
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Why are progressives tolerating misogyny (Platner) and antisemitism (El-Sayid)? People, do not vote for this. Dems, we can do better. Thank you @symonedsanders.bsky.social for calling out his antisemitic lies. #whyweneedthemedia
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Happy to help @cnn.com with this story. So far 275 military trainees are sick w flu, 4 reportedly hospitalized & maybe 1 death (not confirmed). Predictable & why vaccines are fundamental to force health protection. How much more damage to nat sec can we tolerate? www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/p...
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US Air Force requested to bring back mandatory flu shots weeks before basic training outbreak | CNN Politics
A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot requi...
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Ours is a fragmented complex and inaccessible healthcare system. My soon to be released book helps readers understand healthcare coverage, finding a physician, care over your lifespan & your rights. Be Prepared Available for preorder now from Amazon at bit.ly/4nCWoDv thepreparedpatient.com
thepreparedpatient.com
For Release August 2026
Expert guidance for informed health decisions.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My latest Substack on maternal mortality in the U.S.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Only 12% of people in the U.S. are fully health literate. Doesn't matter how smart & educated you are, navigating our system is challenging. Knowledge is empowering. The Prepared Patient available for preorder! Available at: www.amazon.com/Prepared-Pat... thepreparedpatient.com
thepreparedpatient.com
For Release August 2026
Expert guidance for informed health decisions.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Subscribe to my Substack for discussions about our healthcare system.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
To justify their bone-headed anti-vaccine policies, the Trump Administration officials hide the evidence that vaccines work. We are not safe with these people in power. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
My latest Substack open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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The Price of Getting Sick in America
Two patients. Two failures. A decades-long crisis that demands real answers.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My latest Substack newsletter about primary care access: open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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When Even Physicians Struggle to Find Primary Care, the System Is Failing Patients
My search for a board-certified primary care physician exposed a larger problem: physician shortages, concierge barriers, and a system that is making equitable access harder to sustain.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My latest Substack. Be a prepared patient and consumer. Know how your health care coverage is changing. open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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Your Health Care Coverage Is Changing Now
What Every Patient Needs to Know in 2026
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny!!
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a man in a colorful shirt is standing in front of palm trees .
ALT: a man in a colorful shirt is standing in front of palm trees .
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Surviving the Health Care System Is Available for Preorder! open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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My Book Is Available for Preorder!
The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Surviving the Health Care System
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our healthcare system is broken but you are not. Learn how to prepare. Protect your finances, understand your coverage. My book available for presale at: www.press.jhu.edu/books/author...
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My latest The Prepared Patient Substack on the healthcare affordability crisis with policy solutions open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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The Prepared Patient: Policy Solutions to Fix the Unaffordability Crisis
One in a series to help The Prepared Patient understand what is broken and what is needed to fix this mess
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
My Substack about the health spending bill up, with bipartisan agreement, up for a vote this week. Here's what's in it: open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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Bipartisan Health Funding Bill: What's In, What's Out
Will It Increase Affordability?
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane because it often results in physical death.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
My latest Substack on the Administration's healthcare "plan". terryadirim.substack.com/p/verdict-th...
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Verdict: The "Great Healthcare Plan to Lower Costs", not So Great
An evaluation of the Trump Administration's plan to lower healthcare costs
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Excited to join @Roon’s early community as a Founding Physician. We're building the digital home for physicians - a trusted space where doctors can connect, collaborate, and advance clinical knowledge together. If you’re a U.S.-based physician, please join the community here roon.com?c=ta
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My latest Substack on what CEOs get wrong about digital health transformations. open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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What Hospital and Health System CEOs Get Wrong About AI and Digital Transformation
“AI and digital transformation is not an IT effort, it is about healthcare delivery.”
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
My latest Substack newsletter terryadirim.substack.com/p/us-health-...
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U.S. Health Care At the Breaking Point
Hopes for Reform in 2026
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
My new newsletter about the impacts of Congress leaving before passing an extension of the enhanced ACA subsidies. www.linkedin.com/pulse/congre...
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Top Content on LinkedIn
Explore top LinkedIn content from members on a range of professional topics.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Saying other first world countries don't recommend Hep B vaccines at birth is an outright lie. Among countries in the European Centre for CDC: as of 2019, 43% of those countries offered a HepB birth dose to all newborns. Also, Australia recommends a birth dose + Israel and other countries.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The U.S. Health Care System at the Breaking Point substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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U.S. Health Care System At the Breaking Point
Costs, Complexity, and Reform Strategies
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Department of Defense, you need to fix this. Military Service Members should not be expected to need food pantries. www.wsj.com/us-news/mili...
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Military Families Are Getting Paid, but Still Need Food Pantries
Many have struggled to get sufficient food for years, their finances on a knife’s edge due to constant base moves, deployments and other pressures.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The Prepared Patient terryadirim.substack.com?r=3h2t7y&utm...
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The Prepared Patient | Substack
Terry Adirim, M.D., is a physician and former government health official. She writes about health policy & the future of medicine. She is author of The Prepared Patient: Your Guide to Beating the Odds...
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Give to your local foodbank. I just did. No one should go hungry in this country.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Price transparency in health care is necessary. But prices are not THE answer to reigning in prices or fixing what is broken in our system. open.substack.com/pub/terryadi...
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Health Care Economics 101: Does Price Transparency Work?
Policies promoting “consumer-driven health care” often overestimate the ability of patients to behave like shoppers.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We all must stand up for Leticia James. She is being punished for doing her job of prosecuting criminals.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Check out my latest newsletter: Why Healthcare Costs Are So High and Going Up: Hint: It's Not Obamacare www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-he... via @LinkedIn
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Discover thousands of collaborative articles on 2500+ skills
Discover 100 collaborative articles on domains such as Marketing, Public Administration, and Healthcare. Our expertly curated collection combines AI-generated content with insights and advice from ind...
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Add to your to-do list this weekend - get your COVID and Flu shots. The committee advising on vaccines (ACIP), now mostly anti-vaxxers, is meeting this week. It’s expected they will further restrict access to these life-saving vaccines. I just got back from getting mine- easy in my state and free.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Is Kirk's murder a political problem or a young male and gun access problem? Yes, Kirk was all about politics. Maybe the killer didn't like his politics. But if he didn't have easy access to guns, maybe Kirk would not have been killed. Consider this for solutions.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Senator Warnock to RFKjr - you are a hazard to the American people.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Sen. Johnson just said that CDC hid the signal of myocarditis (he couldn't even pronounce it correctly). Not true. It was uncovered by docs at Walter Reed & reported immediately to CDC. These were 23 cases out of many thousands of people vaccinated. It was made public as soon as this was verified.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
RFKjr says that infant mortality has increased. What population group has caused this increase? Black women. What did he do? Canceled all research and programs that address health disparities that address the issues causing increases in infant mortality and chronic diseases. Disgraceful.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
RFKjr is a disgrace. He needs to resign.
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The loss of highly experienced CDC leadership is the latest devastating result of the Administration’s sustained attacks on public health, and it absolutely must be the last. Our statement: bit.ly/41XOkU7
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Do your medical school students, trainees or attending physicians want a primer on AI in healthcare, consider this book. A concise guide written by academic and industry experts. Available at Amazon or Barnes and Noble Also directly from the publisher @springernature.com at lnkd.in/e_uFJh6b
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Overriding recommendations of expert FDA officials based on your own political ideology, is terrible. FDA's Director of CBER should NEVER be a political. Prasad was a "contrarian" for clicks and likes. He is a disgrace. Americans will suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
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Terry Adirim MD @terryadirimmd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Just about every medical society signed onto this letter to the American people about respiratory virus vaccines. Our medical communities demonstrating ethical leadership when our federal government has not. #vaccines #health www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
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An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines
Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies reaffirming support for vaccination to protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV.
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