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Samit Desai

@docdesaIT

Chief Medical Officer at Audacious Inquiry. Senior Adviser to CRISP. On a mission to improve healthcare through information and technologies.

Joined February 2009
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When a patient—let’s call her “Mom”—is discharged home from the hospital, she, like many other patients, is in danger. The hospital that discharged her also neglected to do the one thing that would have greatly reduced the danger she’s in: @claudiawilliams fiercehealthcare.com/practic…
Industry Voices—Farzad Mostashari, Claudia Williams make the case for requiring hospital ADT alerts

Industry Voices—Farzad Mostashari, Claudia Williams make the case for requiring hospital ADT alerts

Anybody who has had a loved one with an acute hospitalization or a chronic illness will have experienced some of the many ways in which healthcare systems fail to live up to the values and ideals o |...

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I'm excited to share our latest findings on health care spending and utilization trends tomorrow - we've got some killer visuals that are gonna knock your socks off! nitter.gq/HealthCostInst/status/…
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Do you want to learn more about trends in health care spending? @HealthCostInst is hosting a webinar with @N_Brennan tomorrow at 12:30 pm ET to discuss the release of their 2016 report. Join us! bit.ly/2Dy23Ic
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Kory Mertz@kdmertz11 Jan 2018
#ONC #TEFCA proposes to significantly expand the permitted purposes for data exchange. Some HIEs still limit to treatment only. TEFCA proposes six permitted purposes Treatment; Payment; Health Care Operations; Public Health; Individual Access; & Benefits Determination @A_INQ
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@Bob_Wachter3 Dec 2017
Nobody more insightful about #AI than @AndrewYNg. In @Rock_Health interview bit.ly/2zMySLH, he deftly refutes today's hype, while also explaining why #AI's eventual influence will be akin to electricity's a century ago. His new gig: a chatbot for mental health @drwoebot
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Shout out @Cerner for leading the CDS Hooks project with @BostonChildrens. Better Hooks better CDS! #AMIA2017 – at Washington, DC
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Ken Mandl@mandl3 Nov 2017
The Case for Building a Clinical Information Commons | Healthcare Analytics News shar.es/1PyyM1
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@Bill_Gross17 Oct 2017
In the "I'm getting old" department.., a kid saw this and said, "oh, you 3D-printed the 'Save' Icon."
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Visit one.bidpal.net/hcam20th to purchase your tickets.
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Not a single hearing, no markup, crafted in secret, and no actual final bill just 16 hours before a vote.
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DHIN@DHIN_HIE14 May 2017
Discharges in the ER go faster when doctors get lab results on their smartphones - bit.ly/2qEf0tk #mHealth
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@NYTHealth14 May 2017
We’re bad at death. First, we need a good talk. nyti.ms/2pK8M6U
We’re Bad at Death. Can We Talk? (Published 2017)

We’re Bad at Death. Can We Talk? (Published 2017)

A new wave of research sheds light on what patients want at the end of life, and who is or isn’t getting it.

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Hospitals & faith leaders teaming up under #globalbudget in Maryland -- @HealthyMaryland Vinnie DeMarco jhsph.edu/globalbudget
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So my working theory is that if you assemble enough enterprise software ads, an airport spontaneously forms around them.
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HA Blog: Maryland’s Maverick Health Care Overhaul: A Physician Perspective ow.ly/31CRHG
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