It’s been a while since we did a Twitter roundup of some of the interesting and entertaining health IT tweets we’ve found. No doubt there’s a lot to filter on Twitter, but this week we’ve found a number of tweets that will cause you to think and make you smile.
Could a simple, nutrition-style label listing an #AI algorithm’s data “ingredients” help us ensure better equity in health care? pic.twitter.com/n26OXfVj1F
— John Halamka, M.D., M.S. (@jhalamka) September 23, 2021
This is a fascinating idea to chew on from John Halamka. On the one hand, I love the transparency around the data. Plus, one of the super powers of transparency is that it holds people accountable for what they’re doing. This accountability would drive people to change.
20M+ Americans don’t have broadband at home.
The US has already paid $400 billion for ISPs to expand broadband access. They didn’t lay the fiber optic groundwork.
Health increasingly depends on broadband access.
The infrastructure bill commits $65B to expansion. We need this. pic.twitter.com/vwu2utk7RC
— Abner Mason (@abnermason) September 23, 2021
I agree with Abner’s comments about the need for broadband access. It facilitates so things including access to health through things like telemedicine. What’s not clear to me is why we aren’t further along in solving this problem. I hate throwing more money after bad and part of me feels like this is what we’ve done with rural broadband. Maybe I’m wrong and the problem is just a really expensive problem to solve. Access to broadband is needed and valuable, but I hope the money is actually achieving that goal and not just lining the pockets of ISPs.
-Let the people closest to the problem help make the decisions.@StanMcChrystal #Cynchealth2021 #Interoperability
— Janae Sharp (@CoherenceMed) September 21, 2021
This is a good idea for many decisions. There’s some things that people close to the problem can understand intuitively that others can’t understand as well.
“I like to think I’m an anti-faxxer” – @amna_hashmi
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— Brendan Keeler (@healthbjk) September 23, 2021
This is just funny.
Who is going to tell @UCSFHospitals they can’t do this anymore?
– 14 business day delay
– $25 if created from electronic recordsI wanted to grow up and stop putting health systems on blast, but it feels like 2016 all over again.
Or am I wrong? pic.twitter.com/8cUP0DwaWo
— Liz Salmi (@TheLizArmy) September 22, 2021
This is just one of the tweets Liz Salmi shared. Go and read the whole thread. What this says to me is that we still have a long ways to go when it comes to patient access to medical records.
