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Carolin Lerchenmüller MD

@CLerchenmueller

May 5

Also very honored that our own research is shown and discussed- Science to Policy translation! bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e

@LSchmallenbach

Longitudinal analyses of gender differences in first authorship publications related to COVID-19

bmjopen.bmj.com

Objective Concerns have been raised that the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted research productivity to the disadvantage of women in academia, particularly in early career stages. In this study, we aimed...

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Penn LDI

@PennLDI

May 3

What does our choice of chips in the grocery store have in common with how doctors decide which patients should get cardiac bypass surgery? More than we’d like to think, says

. Hear more from him on

. Listen here:

How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care - Tradeoffs

We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.

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May 3

If you are interested in a signed copy of Random Acts of Medicine and can’t make the July 10 launch

@HarvardBooks

w/

@ProfEmilyOster

, you can pre-order and ask for a signed copy! Though we would love to see you in person! harvard.com/event/anupam_b

@doubledaybooks

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Harvard Medical School

@harvardmed

May 1

HMS physician and economist

discusses how unexpected — but predictable — events can profoundly affect our health (via

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How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care - Tradeoffs

We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.

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Our friends at

just published a great new episode ft. Dr. Bapu Jena speaking about his new book, "Random Acts of Medicine," about "natural experiments" – medical studies generated by chance in the real world. Listen here: bit.ly/3naNHpa #MedTwitter

How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care - Tradeoffs

We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.

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This week

of

joins

to chat about his new book “Random Acts of Medicine.” The book uses natural experiments – studies generated by chance in the real world – to reveal why similar patients sometimes get different care.

How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care - Tradeoffs

We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.

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Apr 27

As patients, we like to think our doctors make decisions based on evidence and years of medical training. But in his new book "Random Acts of Medicine"

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@Freakonomics

shows how fate and unseen forces shape the care we receive. tradeoffs.org/2023/04/27/bap

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Apr 27

When our brains are overwhelmed, we tend to look for mental shortcuts – numbers to round and patterns to repeat.

uses research to reveal how these logical leaps shape health care more than patients and even providers realize. Learn more:

How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care - Tradeoffs

We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.

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Apr 26

Listen to this week’s show about my upcoming book w/

RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE, by

@doubledaybooks

. Pre-order now and subscribe to

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/r

if you haven’t already! Such a fun interview w/ one of the best,

@dmgorenstein

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Apr 26

This week, friend of the pod @AnupamBJena returns! He’s bringing stories from his and @ChrisWorsham’s new book “Random Acts of Medicine” to help us understand the hidden forces that shape health care. tradeoffs.org/subscribe/

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Apr 26

This week, friend of the pod

returns! He’s bringing stories from his and

’s new book “Random Acts of Medicine” to help us understand the hidden forces that shape health care. tradeoffs.org/subscribe/

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I just finished

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’s eye-opening RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE, coming in July, and look forward to writing about their fascinating natural experiments on the role chance plays in our medical care in the US.

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Apr 9

There is another interesting observation/hypothesis here, aside from chatgpt. Given the constellation of symptoms that comprise LongCovid overlap w/ other diseases, the presence of LongCovid makes these diseases, when they are present, less likely to be or more slowly diagnosed.

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Eric Topol

@EricTopol

Apr 9

After a patient saw multiple physicians and neurologists over 6 months and was assigned a diagnosis of #LongCovid, a relative entered her symptoms into #ChatGPT with the correct output. Diagnosis was confirmed by antibody testing and therapy has been initiated.

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Apr 6

Fascinating study. But the real question is whether interns can get AI-guided cardiac echo done on the weekend or a holiday??!?

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David Ouyang, MD

@David_Ouyang

We are excited to announce that our blinded randomized clinical trial of AI LVEF (EchoNet-Dynamic) has been published in @nature! @bryandhe @james_y_zou @StanfordDBDS @CedarsSinaiMed nature.com/articles/s4158 1/n

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And here we are in economics worried about a little selection bias here or there.

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Harvard Medical School

@harvardmed

New research reveals that previous estimates of the amount of energy expended by cell structures have been off by a factor of a billion seas.harvard.edu/news/2023/03/u

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I am developing a new ChatGPT plug in to complete Healthstream modules.

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Tatyana Deryugina

@TDeryugina

Apr 1

New working paper alert! We have developed a new method to recover causal relationships from observational data regardless of the data structure - no instrument, RD, or other source of quasi-experimental variation needed. Abstract below, read more here: deryugina.com/wp-content/upl

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Freakonomics, M.D.

Mar 31

Couples get divorced for all kinds of reasons. Is having kids one of them?

talks about research that investigates what happens to parents who unexpectedly have twins. Plus, an announcement about the future of the show.

Do Kids Cause Divorce? - Freakonomics

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Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

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Correctly references your important work in

@JAMAInternalMed

, but does seem to link to BMJ as the website to find the citation 😐

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Craig Garthwaite

@C_Garthwaite

Mar 30

This is the first evidence I’ve seen that chatgpt is discerning in its evaluation of the existing literature …

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Mar 30

When I asked chatgpt what happens to patients hospitalized during the dates of national cardiology conferences this is what it said. It has a ways to go…

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Mar 30

When I asked chatgpt what happens to patients hospitalized during the dates of national cardiology conferences this is what it said. It has a ways to go…

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Mar 29

There is an interesting natural experiment here about the impact of perceptions of workplace culture. I wonder if the number of female applicants to Stanford surgery will go up next year compared to a control group of programs.

@arghavan_salles

@FutureDocs

let’s write the paper

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Stanford Surgery

@StanfordSurgery

Mar 22

ICYMI: Meet the newest additions to the Stanford Surgery Family! #match2023 surgery.stanford.edu/news2/Match202

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Mar 24

3/ Focusing on quality & retention in these workers may be an impt channel to improve patient outcomes. I doubt many health systems have viewed this group of workers in this way. Maybe systems should experiment to see how job tenure, worker quality, patient outcomes are affected

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2/ This study changed the way I think about this part of the health care workforce. One would easily expect effects of higher quality and less job turnover in this group on patient experience, but hard clinical outcomes also improve, which is striking.

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This week on Freakonomics MD . Lots of efforts to improve outcomes focus on provider behavior. A new study by

@KristaRuffini

shows how minimum wage increases, which affect workers like aides in nursing homes, translate to lower mortality & complications

They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life. - Freakonomics

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Freakonomics, M.D.

Mar 24

They make minimum wage. They could save your life. Doctors and nurses get most of the attention — but a new study suggests we can improve health care by raising wages for a group of workers who are often overlooked.

They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life. - Freakonomics

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Mar 22

If you are interested in how coffee affects the heart in a big data way, one could easily look at telemetry on hospitalized patients immediately pre and post coffee intake that happens with hospital breakfast.

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A randomized trial of coffee consumption showed no increased of premature atrial contractions (PACs). Secondary endpoints (hypothesis-generating): more PVCs, more physical activity, ~30 mins less sleep, no change in glucose levels nejm.org/?query=feature @NEJM

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How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Katy Milkman

@katy_milkman

Mar 19

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Andrew Olenski

@andrewolenski

Mar 18

Looking forward to reading my copy!

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RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE, by @doubledaybooks Coming July 11, w/ @ChrisWorsham A book at the intersection of health and economics, revealing the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected—but predictable—events can profoundly affect our health Pre-order! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/r

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Congratulations,

! I know how long and hard you’ve been working on this book-Incredible to see it in print!

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Freakonomics, M.D.

Mar 17

Is a spoonful of sunlight the best medicine? In hospitals, a softer pillow or a nicer room might be more than just amenities — they could improve outcomes for patients.

Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine? - Freakonomics

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MGH Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

@MGH_PCCM

Mar 17

We're looking forward to reading

's book that is coming out this summer! Dr. Worsham has been on our faculty since 2020 and he does a great job communicating his health policy research to a broad audience.

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My book co-authored with @AnupamBJena "RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE: The Hidden Forces that Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health" comes out this July from @doubledaybooks @penguinrandom! Available now for pre-order! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/r

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Thomas Rapp

@ThomRapp

Mar 17

Looking forward to reading that book from

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what you permit you promote

@drlaurarock

Mar 16

So excited for this book! Very cool

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Harvard Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship

@HarvardPulm

Dr. Worsham graduated from our fellowship program in 2020, and now he has a book that is coming out this summer and is available for preorder now! Check it out!

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Chris Worsham

My book co-authored with @AnupamBJena "RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE: The Hidden Forces that Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health" comes out this July from @doubledaybooks @penguinrandom! Available now for pre-order! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/r

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Pre-ordered and I'm sure will be a cool book with ideas most people don't think about!

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Doubleday

@doubledaybooks

Mark your calendars!!!

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Atheendar Venkataramani

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Yes!!!!!!!

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Gaurav Singal, MD

@GauravSingalMD

Must read!!

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