75% of workplace assaults happen in a healthcare setting. Dr Kowalenko

'This is half my baby, and why do we have to find out?' My exploration of wives who keep their baby gender secret from their husbands. wsj.com/articles/shhhh…

NEW in JAMA Internal Medicine: ED visits increased 20% from 2006-14 while ED admission rates decreased 10%. Was this due to low acuity ED visits by young healthy adults? No- in fact, our findings suggest the opposite: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… 1/x 👇

I am an emergency physician. I am not defined by where I work, but by my broad skill set. When no one else is willing, able or available to take care of you, my colleagues and I am available 24/7/365. We are the available-ists.

97% of Americans believe that you should have to pass a background check before you buy a gun. RT if you're one of them.

Why are millennials still behind financially? Mostly bad luck. My story w/ ⁦Paul Overberg⁩ wsj.com/articles/playi…

Toksook Bay, Alaska wanted to pick its oldest resident to be the first person counted in the 2020 census. There was just one problem: two people are in a dead heat for that distinction. My story from America's far southwestern edge. wsj.com/articles/who-w…

Congress must act to ensure telehealth can be used to combat the coronavirus - Dr. Todd J. Vento Ethan Booker Rusty Hofmann via Modern Healthcare bit.ly/2VCLSkL #coronavirus #telehealth

"Access to care through telehealth increases safety and equity in our communities. Being able to see a doctor without worry of transportation, childcare and whether the office or hospital increases the risk of getting sick means better care...” Dr. Ethan Booker MedStar Health

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Terrific work on a hard subject that makes me hopeful for better conversations

#Telehealth has become an increasingly important aspect of how we #TreatPeople. Like this post from Maryland Hospital Association if you hope to see the expanded use of telehealth continue—including once we overcome #COVID19 together.

In Newspaper or Digital Beat Reporting the winner is Janet Adamy of The Wall Street Journal for "Abortion, Guns and Trump” #deadlineawards on.wsj.com/3bmB29x

Primary care physicians at small/midsize practices or community clinics- we need your help! We are conducting 45 min interviews as part of a federally funded study to better understand challenges with telehealth use during COVID. We compensate for time. Please DM if interested.

Demographic drought: There were more deaths than births in about 55% of U.S. counties last year, up from about 37% of counties at the start of the previous decade. My latest with Anthony DeBarros wsj.com/articles/u-s-p…

We're expanding our #research on national #telehealth access, safety, and #healthequity, thanks to a $2 million grant from AHRQ including Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Health, and research collaborators Microsoft Research and Bluestream Health. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3CaNvem

Guns. Drugs. Car accidents. Why death rates for American kids are near a 15-year high. My latest wsj.com/articles/death…

BABY BUST: There were 3.66 million babies born in the U.S. last year, a decline of 15% since 2007, even though there are 9% more women in their prime childbearing years. My latest with Anthony DeBarros Paul Overberg wsj.com/articles/why-a…

Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mothers Come Home nytimes.com/2023/05/28/hea… MedStar Health great work by Tamika Auguste MD (She/Her) and colleagues ACOG to highlight dangers in the postpartum period

Enjoyed a conversation on MedStar Health Doc Talk about innovation and changing care delivery as part of the Acute Care of the Future podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med…