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Timothy O'Brien

@Timothy_OBrien

Indie writer working in health & science publishing, news, and media. I link to studies I've covered and other interesting research. @OpenBooks volunteer 📚

 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Joined January 2011
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Old news, but wow: "U.S. insurers and providers spent $812 billion on administration, amounting to $2497 per capita (34.2% of national health expenditures) versus $551 per capita (17.0%) in Canada" acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…?
Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017 | Annals of Internal Medicine

Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017 | Annals of Internal Medicine

Background: Before Canada's single-payer reform, its payment system, health costs, and number of health administrative personnel per capita resembled those of the United States. By 1999, administra...

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"The prices that U.S. medical providers charge incorporate a hidden surcharge to cover their costly administrative burden" Reuters Health story from last year: reuters.com/article/us-healt…
More than a third of U.S. healthcare costs go to bureaucracy

More than a third of U.S. healthcare costs go to bureaucracy

U.S. insurers and providers spent more than $800 billion in 2017 on administration, or nearly $2,500 per person - more than four times the per-capita administrative costs in Canada's single-payer...

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Alex Cowan@alexcowan222 Sep 2021
Today marks the 100th anniversary of opening of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. It was attended by a lot of respectable scientists, including two scientists of music. Here is a snippet from the opening address:
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Today's Callous comic strip! Callous comic books are available in @ShopeePH! shopee.ph/CALLOUS-by-Carlo-J…
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New Artificial Heart Shows Promising Results in 'Auto-Mode' – Initial Clinical Experience Reported in @asaiojournal newswise.com/articles/new-ar… @lippincott
New Artificial Heart Shows Promising Results in 'Auto-Mode' – Initial Clinical Experience Reported...

New Artificial Heart Shows Promising Results in 'Auto-Mode' – Initial Clinical Experience Reported...

An experimental artificial heart includes an autoregulation control mechanism, or Auto-Mode, that can adjust to the changing needs of patients treated for end-stage heart failure. Outcomes in the...

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"C‑TAH Auto-Mode with built-in pressure sensors effectively produces appropriate physiological responses reflective of changing patients' daily needs and thus provides almost physiological heart replacement therapy"
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Really well done by cartoonist @Joe4nea Also by @chicagotribune OpEd page for giving this drawing the larger format it needed #GraphicMedicine #Depression
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Joe's political cartoons on the Trib website: chicagotribune.com/opinion/c…
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"For patients undergoing spinal surgery, the diagnosis of cannabis use disorder is associated with higher complication rates," reports @SpineWebJournal newswise.com/articles/cannab… #cannabisusedisorder #spinetweets @lippincott
Cannabis use disorder linked to increased complications after spinal surgery | Newswise

Cannabis use disorder linked to increased complications after spinal surgery | Newswise

For patients undergoing spinal surgery, the diagnosis of cannabis use disorder is associated with higher complication rates, including substantially increased risks of stroke and respiratory compli...

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"Multiple aspects of perioperative care...are extremely complex and difficult in patients with cannabis use disorder. Their high-risk cardiorespiratory profiles combined with specialized anesthetic considerations...necessitate very unique perioperative management"
"At the current rate of change, it will take more than 200 years for the proportion of women in orthopaedic surgery to reach parity with the overall medical profession," reports @Clinorthop newswise.com/articles/withou… #orthotwitter @lippincott
Without major changes, gender parity in orthopaedic surgery will take two centuries | Newswise

Without major changes, gender parity in orthopaedic surgery will take two centuries | Newswise

At the current rate of change, it will take more than 200 years for the proportion of women in orthopaedic surgery to reach parity with the overall medical profession, according to a study in...

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"Literally every other medical and surgical specialty has overcome this problem to a greater degree than has orthopaedic surgery; we're dead last in gender diversity"
For critically ill #COVID19 patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (#ECMO), risk of death remains high – but much lower than suggested by initial studies, reports @AnnalsofSurgery newswise.com/coronavirus/lar… @lippincott
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#Freelancers, While the tax filing date has been extended, estimated/quarterly taxes haven't - Still due on April 15 and June 15 blog.turbotax.intuit.com/sel…
Estimated Quarterly Tax Dates in 2026 | Intuit TurboTax Blog

Estimated Quarterly Tax Dates in 2026 | Intuit TurboTax Blog

Stay on top of your finances with this comprehensive guide to quarterly tax dates, including deadlines, payment tips, and how to use TurboTax to file.

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Seems really irresponsible to publish any information or speculation about these jurors. Poorly done washingtonpost.com/nation/20…?
The jurors who decided Derek Chauvin’s fate

The jurors who decided Derek Chauvin’s fate

Millions marched after watching George Floyd die. Now, a dozen people convicted Chauvin of murder.

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Financial strain predicts future risk of #homelessness and partly explains the effect of mental illness, reports @MedicalCareLWW newswise.com/articles/financ…
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It's part of a new @MedicalCareLWW supplement on "Multimorbidity and Social Drivers of Homelessness and Health" journals.lww.com/lww-medical…
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Good patient satisfaction scores with #telemedicine follow-up after meniscal surgery, reports @jbjs newswise.com/articles/teleme… #Orthopedics @lippincott
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Mikael Niku@MikaelNiku2 Feb 2021
Once Upon a Time: an RNA vaccine! How does the #vaccine work, and what happens if the #coronavirus tries to attack a vaccinated person? @helsinkiuni @HelsinkiOne @LifeSciHelsinki PDF: bit.ly/coronavacc #COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #SARSCoV2
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More evidence is urgently needed on opioid use in Black communities newswise.com/articles/more-e… - New review in @HarvardRevPsych #opioids @lippincott
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"The prevalence of opioid use among Black people may be underestimated...It is also likely that the absence of culturally informed interview techniques could lead to underreporting of prescription opioid misuse in the Black community.”
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