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by dr_ 6y ago
Congrats on your launch. So do you hire or contract with actual providers to go into homes?
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by dr_ 6y ago
A hospital system is incentivized in some ways to get people discharged as soon as possible and ideally with a good outcome. A service like UpToDate is one of the tools that may facilitate that by providing valuable clinical pearls to facil
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by dr_ 6y ago
The Abbot rapid test is approved for use in the US, in fact I had it done on me this morning. It has almost entirely been purchased by the government for distribution to the appropriate settings (mostly healthcare/long term care setti
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FDA authorizes first Covid-19 test for self-testing at home(fda.gov)
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by dr_ 6y ago
He points out that a standard nasal swab test is as accurate as a nasopharyngeal (deep) swab. This is readily available from labcorp, can be done at home, and the results are reasonably quick, within 48 hrs. It’s covered by insurance and i
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Urbanbaby Shuts Down(urbanbaby.com)
1 points by dr_ 6y ago|0 comments
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Apple closing some stores because of Covid spike(macrumors.com)
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by dr_ 6y ago
Not an ER doc, but a doc in long term care facilities which have been hit particularly hard. Fortunately things have slowed down considerably now, but at its peak it was absolutely nerve racking. There’s an element to this pandemic which m
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by dr_ 6y ago
Perhaps Tesla can reopen safely - if Amazon can run warehouses why shouldn’t they be able to manufacture cars? The issue I personally have is that his personal comments, from twitter and from interview (Rogan) suggests that he is questionin
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Atul Gawande to Step Down as CEO of Haven(statnews.com)
2 points by dr_ 6y ago|0 comments
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Self-Contained Neuromusculoskeletal Arm Prostheses(nejm.org)
1 points by dr_ 6y ago|0 comments
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by dr_ 6y ago
It should be noted, with respect to acquiring immunity, that with SARS-CoV(1), the amount of time after which immunity theoretically could be lost would be => 3 years. If SARS-COV-2 offers a similar level of immunity, that may not be a t
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Dyson Designs New Ventilator(cnn.com)
4 points by dr_ 7y ago|0 comments
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by dr_ 7y ago
It’s somewhat hard to believe that a country with a population of almost 1.4 billion, has only 137 cases and 3 deaths. It’s more likely they have not been diagnosing and tracking the actual cases out there.
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by dr_ 7y ago
As of this past weekend, both LabCorp and Quest can test for it, according to emails I’ve received from local hospitals. They will not collect samples in their own facilities, but will collect them from physicians offices etc for processing
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Internet Book of Critical Care: Covid19(emcrit.org)
2 points by dr_ 7y ago|1 comments
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by dr_ 7y ago
They may be difficult to scale compared to pure software based companies, but they can still scale. Hospitals are difficult to grow and maintain, but HCA still commands a market cap of 50 billion. And if you believe healthcare is moving f
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by dr_ 7y ago
Ironically, some of the newer value based initiatives, such as BPCI, along with changes to the post acute skilled nursing reimbursement, is actually decreasing the amount of time and care some of these elderly could benefit from post operat
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by dr_ 7y ago
Great idea. I've read about Scanwell before. Does the accuracy of the results vary at all with the quality of the camera (newer vs older iPhones)? Also, if a patient is someone who is colonized with bacteria, and doesn't necessar
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by dr_ 7y ago
True, but that’s pretty much what I took from this article. People with vascular heart disease who have not had an acute coronary event still compromise a significant chunk of the patient population. Many of them still currently receive ste
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by dr_ 7y ago
How is this not a Guy Ritchie movie?
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by dr_ 7y ago
"Doctors know that the price of the most effective treatments may not sustain their profession." This is not really a fair assessment. The most cost effective treatments can be self administered. But if you are coming in to see me
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The Death and Life of Buy.com (2002)(forbes.com)
1 points by dr_ 7y ago|0 comments
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Delicious Things at Mercado Little Spain(nytimes.com)
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The School of the NYTimes(nytedu.com)
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by dr_ 8y ago
that was what the RUGs were supposed to do, but it was easily gamed and I don’t see why this wouldn’t be either. The only advantage it offers, IMO, is that it allows patients with a greater variety of needs (like more nursing skill and les
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by dr_ 8y ago
This is stunning in its scope and made me wonder in what other developed country is it even possible for a citizen to defraud its government of over 1 billion dollars? The skilled nursing system in this country is broken, with no meaningful
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by dr_ 8y ago
There’s some evidence that suggests adipose tissue can be an inflammatory mediator - which potential could lead to arthritic changes in joints. This is used to explain why we get arthritis not only in weight bearing joints such as the knees
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by dr_ 8y ago
The flaws with eCWs system aside, the larger problem with EHRs, and the fact that to date they have not improved outcomes in any significant way, lies with the fact that they are primarily designed to “optimize” revenue cycle management. Ev
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by dr_ 8y ago
I don't disagree with this, but the children have the right to know - for example, are there inheritable medical conditions which they may be at risk for? or if not medical, what about inheriting other traits? I think this paragraph s

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