Announce: A Social EM Podcast

Such a well-deserved honor, and so glad to see another chapter author from Social Emergency Medicine: Principals and Practice acknowledged for her vital work! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

LONG THREAD: As many of you know I’ve been hospitalized for almost a month. Here is my side of what I experienced. Stigma and discrimination is alive and well in medicine unfortunately. Here is just some of what happened to me.

Homelessness: A Health Crisis In our newest Education Perspective, @diana_halloran of @NorthwesternEM outlines the scope of the housing crisis, the bias these patients face, and the outlook looking forward. Edited by @payalmodimd socialempact.com/education-pers…

Climate Change & Environmental Health Disparities In our newest perspective, @coreyhazekamp breaks down how global warming impacts health, environmental racism, & how emergency medicine play a role in addressing these disparities Editor:@laurenwalter socialempact.com/research-persp…

Another innovation from @EMxSDOH_Lab and @KellyMDoran: people with lived experience teaching health care workers about homelessness. nyulangone.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Wondering how to provide better care & support for #immigrants in your #ED? What kinds of protocols & policies to put in place? How to advocate for your immigrant patients' rights? Check out the @SAEMonline #SocialEM Immigration Advocacy Toolkit! bit.ly/2U75Jd6

In loving memory of Maria X. Martinez, @SF_DPH leader, and a close colleague, mentor, + friend. She asked us to describe the SF approach to High Users of Multiple Systems (HUMS), recognizing patients' med + social needs. doi.org/10.1111/acem.1…. Thx @MKushel @mravenEM @ucsfbhhi

Early in pandemic, SF stood up isolation/quarantine hotels to offer ppl who r homeless w #COVID19 integrated medical/behavioral healthcare. Helped preserve @ZSFGCare capacity 4 sickest. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… @JAMANetworkOpen. Great partnership @SF_DPH @SF_HSH @ucsfbhhi + more.

Two years ago an editor at @TheLancet, Janna Palmer, asked if I would consider writing a regular column. I was completely floored. The end result was The Penumbra thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Can’t wait!

🚨 NEW Spotlight🚨 Dr. Chad Holmes [@canuck4199] @johnpetersmi sits down with our @JacobsenBailee to discuss his newly created Street Medicine Fellowship! #streetmedicine #socialem #fellowship @StreetMedInst @emresidents SocialEMpact.com/chadholmes

"Physicians can leverage their social capital & moral authority to improve health care quality within & after release from the carceral system" 1- Humanize people in your care, documentation 2- Advocate for patients' needs & health 3- Advocate for systemic change 👏@BisanSalhi

🎉 500 followers!!! 🎉 Thank you for following along with us as we build this platform for views, education, research and advocacy related to #socialEM! Who’s going to help amplify us to 1k? Shoutout to our amazing team! 🥰 SocialEMpact.com/our-team

"Resident Physicians Take Action Against Increasingly Common Barrier to Healthcare: Hospital Closure" Our newest feature, written by @lena_carleton, highlights the struggles felt by underserved communities when their local hospital closes. #socialem socialempact.com/initiative-fea…

An amazing review of ED-based interventions from an all-star team of #socialem leaders including our very own Research Editor, @laurenwalter!! 😍😍😍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

BREAKING: America is going hungry. #FoodInsecurity (FI) rates have seen meteoric rises during the #covid19 pandemic, like many social determinants of health (homelessness, IPV, transportation, etc). A brief 🧵on FI, & why this holiday🎄season, consider GIVING to help fight FI

An AP analysis of Feeding America data from 181 food banks in its network found the organization has distributed nearly 57% more food in the third quarter of the year. #socialEM

The Justice Department will announce a settlement with Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin maker widely blamed for fueling the nation's opioid crisis, sources tell @alex_mallin and me. Outcome for the controlling Sackler family is not immediately clear

🙏🏾 @mmgrade & @AlisterFMartin for this piece on civic health in the ED! A must read as we approach November. We just started using our @Vot_ER_org badges at @dukeemergency this week! (s/o @EClevelandMD for editing) #vote #November3rd2020 #socialem socialempact.com/viewpoints/vote

New episode! Why should ED providers care about nutrition and food insecurity? How can we efficiently screen for and address this with our patients? When do we need to incorporate food into our medical decision making? @akhanxEA @MDQuincy