It’s been quite a while since we did a Twitter roundup on here so I though it was time to do another one. In this roundup, we have a number of trends happening in healthcare and health IT that we wanted to highlight. Plus, we have lots of questions about each. So, share your thoughts and comments with us.
First up is a look at Direct Primary Care. Dutch Rojas is obviously a fan. I’m a fan too. Although, the million dollar question (or is it trillion dollar) is whether DPC can scale across the entire healthcare system. Or does DPC only work for the rich? What do you think?
Direct Primary Care rocks.
Worked with an employer today who was all-in on DPC.
Worked with cash-pay patients today via referrals from DPC.
My family uses DPC and against my better judgment they use @AtlasMD’s EMR.
That’s a joke turds. #dpc #health
— Dutch Rojas (@DutchRojas) September 2, 2021
Next up is a tweet about telehealth. I agree it’s not really debatable that telehealth is better for so many situations and patients. Why isn’t it getting the funding and legal changes it needs?
I saw a great comment…
Everyone knows that’s true of telehealth, but Congress 🙂
I will add one caveat question…Is it a better, less expensive experience for doctors?#HITsm #TelemedNow https://t.co/eRJ1kZ4YWk
— John Lynn (@techguy) September 2, 2021
This next one has me really concerned. Nurses are burnt out and leaving. We had a nurse shortage before. Talking with my cousin that’s a nurse, she’s seeing it first hand. She’s waiting for the $20k signing bonus which she’ll probably get. There’s a real dissonance that they couldn’t pay them more, but now they can pay big bonuses to retain them or hire new ones. This will have long lasting impacts.
In other breaking news, water is wet. https://t.co/SbDoCVp8bp
— Ashley Bartholomew, BSN, RN (@TheBlondeRN) September 2, 2021
Thanks Lygeia from AdaRose for the inspiration that is Jimmy Choi.
Need some #inspiration?
Jimmy Choi is a Parkinson’s patient &:
➡️ American Ninja Warrior 🥷
➡️ Guinness World Record Holder x 2 🏅🏅
➡️ Michael J. Fox Foundation Fundraiser 💰Our interview covers it all + using #TikTok & #3Dprinting 4 better health
https://t.co/GeQejiao6a pic.twitter.com/2IxI5hFGzr
— Lygeia Ricciardi (@Lygeia) September 1, 2021
This is a real time picture of what it’s like at a hospital with a COVID surge:
This looks more like a subway car wash than a subway station. This flooding has to be doing an incredible amount of damage to the NYC subway system. pic.twitter.com/bgtMbjiHvM
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) September 2, 2021
