Melissa Hicks - 710.9

I see a bunch of y'all are fleeing to Bluesky. How is it? Should I come? Tips/tricks? Can I replace FB, Insta, and/or Xitter w/it? I don't want to maintain accts on a million social sites. Anyone already using more than one Bluesky profile (eg professional & personal)?

How I'm spending my lunch break today. 🙂

Great event yesterday with authors and patient advocates @r_prior and @StrongHauler at @SeminaryCoop. Listening to super smart folks talking about healthcare is one of my favorite things!

Looking forward to seeing @r_prior's author talk this Saturday at @SeminaryCoop! If you're in the Chicago area, join me! And if you're not, you should still check out Ryan's book, The Long Haul.

@AliNeitzelMD Thank you, Dr. Neitzel. I appreciate your work, and was particularly moved by how openly you shared about your mother and your relationship with her. 💙

This idea that just because someone is doing good in the world or is recognized on the internet, they should do that work for free is…wild. Doing good and being compensated for work are not mutually exclusive.

Responsibility with no authority is the most demeaning thing…and it’s the story of healthcare. Clinicians have responsibility to answer their patients’ questions…but no authority to book patients for more than 10-minute visit lengths. That’s the time squeeze set by admin/corporations running the clinic… Patients have responsibility for their health…but no authority over the resources they need to better it — specialist visit? Need a referral. Medication? Need prior auth. Surgery? Out of network… Clinicians have responsibility for patient satisfaction, but no authority to fix staffing shortages, long wait times, dirty bathrooms…again, third parties hold the power (and the budget) to fix those issues… Healthcare works together as a team, but we’ve unfortunately allowed our authority to be stolen by third parties: insurance, corporations, private equity, etc…the misbalance between power and responsibility is where we are all left disenfranchised. No wonder burnout is so prevalent, for clinicians and patients both.

Involving patients in co-creating educational modules @SEAnesHQ workshop. #sea23spring with @larrychu @peakpressure @710dot9 Emily parks @stales @MamaSissyKat @cvonraesfeld Patients can be amazing teachers!!!

@CarlyRM @daycalligraphy I've consistently been able to get 4-6 pairs of specs from Zenni for what my optometrist's office charges for 1 pair.

@bkadry @elonmusk Dr. Kadry, I'm so sorry for your loss, and will be holding your family in my thoughts.

Manal and Omar, we love you. The world misses you. launchgood.com/campaign/suppo… Hey @elonmusk, I heard you have a good side and a bad side. I guarantee you that Manal and Omar would have brought out your Good Side and kept it that way. إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُون

Our @StanfordMedX dir. of tech discovery @bkadry just lost his sister Manal and her husband Omar in a tragic car accident. Dr. Kadry has impacted so many of us at #medx through his work in our program. If you want to show your support for @bkadry, pls click link in tweet below.

Cheers to the delivery guy who saw me out of my wheelchair and asked, "should I say congratulations?" I said, "nah, I'm in and out as I need it. It's a helpful tool." He responded, "oh ok!" Nondisabled ppl, learn to ask rather than assume or project. It really is that easy.

@DGlaucomflecken I'd be happy to wait for an appointment under a single payer system because other people needed care more than I do. I don't like waiting for an appointment under the US "healthcare system" where I am waiting because other people have more $$$ or better insurance.

Last 48 hrs Ive been hearing all the reasons why universal health care in other countries sucks: high taxes, wait times, lower pay. All due respect to these problems, but we have system designed to make a handful of corporations immense profit by denying medical care to everybody

Trying to resist the urge to stand up and cheer for @HugoOC as he explains this slide. #ListenToPatients #SASI #MedX

First flight in over 2 years. First conference in over 2 years (@Planetree Conference 2022). First in-person collaboration with @larrychu in over 2 years. #MedX

We are live with Day 1 of Patient Experience and Innovation Summit Middle East 2022 at Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche. #pxinnovationsummit #pxinnovation #event #patient #healthprofessionals #healthinnovation #healthcare #uaeevents #patientexperience #health

"Patients offer tremendous value as experts to the healthcare system." Great presentation from @larrychu & @710dot9 virtually at the @PxInnovation. Meaningful co-production with #patients is so important and @StanfordMedX is leading the way. 💜

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