Cynthia Daisy Smith, MD Rebecca Jaffe, MD Adam Rodman Charlie M. Wray, DO, MS Andrew Olson, MD Bon Ku, MD, MPP Brian Block @HGantzerMD Presented this poster today 6 yrs of charts 100 mil notes 192 bil characters =8x amt of ALL of Eng Wiki 50.1% of all text is copied Ave chart =4280 words = 1/6th of hamlet Ave note = 40 words Imagine reading hamlet in 40 word pages w/ 20 copied & u don’t know which ones 🤦🏽‍♀️

As an editor, I often read discussions that are long winded, meandering and fail to make an impact. They feel like an after-thought rather than a key part of the paper. Here are some tips to make your discussion better. Full credit to Sanjay Saint who taught me this years ago!

Massive shout out to the University of Colorado. This is what organizational wellness looks like from the top down. No pet rock/pizza party. 10 consecutive days off this holiday season (or use them anytime next year) while naming & recognizing the dedication of the last 3 years.

Cigna uses an automated system that allows “medical directors” (doctors employed by Cigna Healthcare) to deny a claim in 1.2 seconds without opening the patient’s file. Please read this, share it, and help us (metaphorically) burn these companies to the ground.

Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis | The Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2023/01/05/jas…

Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits - BBC News bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Who are the racketeers of healthcare? Let me name thee one by one… 1. Healthcare Insurers - denials, delays, prior auth, the list is endless… 2. Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) - rely on kickbacks to get paid off in exchange for “tier”-ing what drugs are and aren’t

New: Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that. propublica.org/article/how-of…

This is so fundamentally a skill of a good ID doctor, and thanks to R Colgrove for putting it into words. I ask this to every patient, every day nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…