Helping strengthen primary care & public health. Physician, previously Office of the 21st US Surgeon General, views mine
Boston, MA
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“My greatest hope for this community is that it is a place where you feel like you can bring your dreams. You can talk about them, shape them, and sometimes make them into reality.”
Well, @davechokshi, that's how it felt gathering with CUNY Health and Opportunity Leadership Institute (HOLI). If you want to dream with us--and learn from an extraordinary group of students--please reach out!
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@GavinNewsom signed AB 1843 this weekend making it illegal for commercial insurers to impose prior authorization for life-saving hepatitis C treatment. First in the nation. @apoorva_nyc @By_CJewett @bylenasun @HelenBranswell @corinnepurtill @MikeStobbe @SherylNYT @ArthurCaplan @CarlosdelRio7 @EndHepCSF @HepC @benryanwriter @IDSAInfo @DrJeanneM @norahterrault @PeterHotez
It’s funny how our conversations about this @BrighamMedRes residency experience evolved
‘I’m excited to try this’
‘I’m not sure I can do this’
‘I loved this’
‘I’m tired of this’
‘Oh wow, I’m going to miss this’ /1
They’re right. Learning to care for people who come to us because they are suffering is hard. But, as pediatric oncologist and writer Chris Adrian reminds us, hospital and clinic walls are no barrier; suffering is everywhere as we step out into the world. /3
@davechokshi and I wrote about a 'public agenda' for AI and health in @JAMA_current, starting with translating breakthroughs (like cervical cancer screening or curative antivirals for hepatitis C) into follow-through that actually reaches patients. /1
Realizing this vision requires the union of government leadership, technology, cross-sector partnerships, and capital. And the outstanding B2F team is actually doing it...starting with the new $100m initiative Common Health Coalition just launched to double hepatitis C tx /4
Free JAMA link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… Tell us what you think, and please reach out if you want to join us!
Today, we are thrilled to launch Breakthroughs to Follow-Through, a new $100m initiative to ensure that existing medical breakthroughs actually reach the people who need them.
Led by the Common Health Coalition with funding from the OpenAI Foundation, the initial cohort of partner state governments include Illinois, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Louisiana, with four more to follow.
If this mission resonates, reach out to join us! The village building the program is exceptional.
Website: lnkd.in/gyG9efpz
Press release: lnkd.in/ghdepagE
Solanlly Montero makes patients at Brookside Community Health Center feel loved. As their Community Health Worker, patients sometimes tell me they book their primary care visits with me mainly so they can see her.
One patient has severe, uncontrolled diabetes. When his insurance lapsed, she spent hours on the phone sorting it out. She called the pharmacy every month to ensure his medications are ready for him. When he could not get there, she drove there herself to pick them up.