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This week on Health Affairs This Week: Rob Lott and I talk about the FDA, including ideas to incentivize more thorough trials before drug and device approval and the attention the agency is getting from GOP presidential hopefuls. Listen and subscribe: healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp2…

Cardiac arrest survivor Miracle Mo (or is it Meaux New Orleans EMS ?) kicks off #EMSWorldExpo2023 in the Big Easy with the national anthem. EMS World

Even after running the most watched cardiac arrest in history and saving the life of 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧, Jason McMullan, MD, struggled with being called a hero—and kept thinking about what he might have done wrong, not what went right. #emsworldexpo2023

Thanks to Michael Gerber for the EMS World article! Let's stop pondering the problem and move to testing solutions.

My colleague Vabren L Watts Ph.D. discussing efforts to advance racial equity in scholarly publishing Health Affairs and beyond today at #APHA2023. Proud to be part of an organization pursuing equity at all levels.

The evidence is clear: bias and structural inequities impact care and outcomes in emergency medical services. Now it's time for #EMS leaders and the communities they serve to do something about it. With the brilliant Jamie Kennel PhD, MAS, Paramedic for Newsweek. newsweek.com/communities-mu…

Communities Must Address Racial Disparities in Emergency Medical Services newsweek.com/communities-mu…

With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poetry fans, and health policy experts everywhere. #HealthPolicyValentines #HappyValentinesDay #iambicpentameter

Hey Medicare.gov this chief resident in urology at Georgetown found you an extra potential $22 billion in savings. We can prevent recurrent UTIs and the morbidity and expenses attached with safe local vaginal estrogen. Georgetown University Urology Charlotte Goldman Rachael Sussman Keith Kowalczyk, MD

As an old history of medicine major and paramedic, excited to enjoy this panel on the history of #EMS National Museum of American History for the 50th anniversary of #EMSWeek. @dcfireemsfoundation Nat'l Assoc of EMTs @ACEPNow Smithsonian

“We have a lot of technology, we have a lot of, you know, expertise and excellence within this country… We can do this. The gap, to me, is will.” Dr. Aletha Maybank says equity is a moral condition, and either we value everyone equally, or we don’t. CMSGov #HealthEquityCon24

In a new review for #HAReads, Senior Editor Michael Gerber reviews "On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” by Dr. Anthony Fauci, which provides a history of the last half-century of infectious disease public health from Fauci’s vantage. bit.ly/3BirVql

The sex detective: How one doctor is promoting bodily autonomy and understanding moco360.media/2024/10/21/the…

Looking for something to read on this slow news day? Check out my first reported piece for Health Affairs on how Blue Cross MA and MassHealth are trying to use #ValueBasedCare models to decrease disparities and incentivize #HealthEquity in the Bay State. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

On GivingTuesday, as you pause to appreciate the blessings in your life and plan year-end contributions, we ask you to consider supporting your local rescue squad. Join us in helping to keep our community safe. We are neighbors helping neighbors. Donate: bccrs.org/donate/

Six Minutes to Live: Care, Measure, Act! Our short film is live. youtu.be/_4XVn8cLZ9M?si…