Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH, who coauthored a recent Medicine and Society article on race-based PFTs, discusses their financial implications and their adverse consequences. Read the article and watch the full video podcast with host Harleen Marwah, MD: nej.md/4kYkaH6

In a new @nejm.org article, @rohankhaz.bsky.social et al. call for a shift away from race-based evaluation of occupational pulmonary impairment, noting that race-neutral PFT equations better predict clinically meaningful outcomes like respiratory symptoms.

Read more: tinyurl.com/25rtkmsk

💡 FXB Affiliate and #health #equity advocate @rohankhaz.bsky.social and his team published a study on @nejm.org describing the history of how race and pulmonary function testing quantify lung function impairment and outlining a path toward more equitable evaluations.

Read ➡️ tinyurl.com/49sahazm

U.S. health care systems have begun shifting to race-neutral reference equations for interpreting pulmonary-function tests, but implementation gaps risk perpetuating inequities in disability compensation, write the authors of a new Medicine and Society article. Learn more: nej.md/4kYkaH6

NEJM: Reform and Remedy for Imprecision and Inequity — Ending the Race-Based Evaluation of Occupational Pulmonary Impairment #PFT #medsky
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Honored to have our team’s work featured in this week’s @NEJM — please check out our video interview, podcast, and Medicine & Society article on the use & redress of race-based pulmonary function testing in occupational impairment evaluations.
#MedSky #HealthPolicySky

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💡Childhood trauma and poor mental health are closely intertwined. In 2020, the prevalence of both began increasing among adolescents.

FXB Affiliate Rohan Khazanchi co-authored a study assessing adverse childhood experiences as risk markers for broader structural adversity.
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"Carceral Systems and Mental Health Crises—Health Care, Not Handcuffs"

In @jama.com Open, our invited commentary covers a new study which identified intersectional racial/gender inequities in the handcuffing of *children* during behavioral health emergency responses.
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January is #SUDTreatmentMonth

This Friday, I was honored to stand alongside colleagues & community advocates as @massgovernor.bsky.social signed a bill to end automatic CPS reporting for parents receiving SUD treatment 💜

A 14-year-old patient presented to the ED with a 12-month history of joint pains and a 2-month history of headaches and blurry vision. Link to full case details in comments.

Read the full case details in a new Clinical Problem-Solving article: nej.md/4goA6B3

#MedSky

I have a Clinical Problem-Solving case out in @nejm.org today -- "When Blurry Vision Clouds the Bigger Picture" -- with gratitude to my former @cpsolvers.bsky.social colleagues, who opened my eyes to the beauty & importance of learning the science of clinical reasoning!
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1/ 🧵 Exciting news in MA today -- @massgovernor.bsky.social signed a bill ending mandated #CPS reporting for prenatal #MOUD exposure!

This is a huge win for children & families across the Commonwealth, and a product of years of advocacy + research ❤️❤️
#PedsSky #MedSky
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In support of the White House's issuance of an executive order allowing state Medicaid to reimburse locked storage counseling, we provide a perspective on why this is important, effective, and cost-conscious. #healthpolicy #GVP #MedSky #2024FirearmResearchConf

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"Carceral Systems and Mental Health Crises—Health Care, Not Handcuffs"

In @jama.com Open, our invited commentary covers a new study which identified intersectional racial/gender inequities in the handcuffing of *children* during behavioral health emergency responses.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This is great news. It is common sense that people living in the community (on probation/parole or otherwise) should be able to access their Medicare benefits. We should go even further and normalize health care financing in prison/jails to allow for Medicare/Medicaid benefits to be used there too!

Anybody have a #HealthEquity or #HealthPolicy starter pack going?

Would love to start re-building our thoughtful bird app community here on #MedSky #PedsSky 🥹.

Hi #MedTwitter, is this thing on? 😬

I’m an #InternalMedicine & #Pediatrics physician-researcher who will continue to share my work at the intersections of #racism & #medicine, health services & #healthequity research, #healthpolicy, carceral systems, #ACEs, and more! ❤️🦋