Next time you think to yourself, I miss paper charting, tell me if you read: 1. Frequent vs. Pregnant, 2. Positive vs. Routine, 3. Heparin 1000 units vs. 10000, 4. Hypertension vs. Hypotension, 5. Negative vs. Hepatitis

3/4 “Any reduction in federal Medicaid spending would leave states with tough choices about how to offset reductions through tax increases[, cuts to Medicaid at the state level,] or cuts to other programs, like education.” www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

1/4 At the end of 2025, several tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expire. Extending TCJA will add >$4 trillion to U.S. deficit over 10 years. TCJA disproportionately advantages those with more wealth. bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/the-new..., taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/unpac...

Sharing two quotes from Edgar Schein’s “Humble Inquiry” that I finished this weekend; they seem even more relevant in our current era.

I am getting a lot of questions about measles. Here are some thoughts on measles vaccination, as a number of people are asking about boosters.

Thoughts for a Wednesday.

Childhood deaths before age 5 in the U.S. have dropped from 40-50% (1800s) to <1% thanks to closed sewers, pasteurization, federal regulations preventing the addition of harmful chemicals to food, vaccines, and antibiotics. theconversation.com/infectious-d...

Celebrating and supporting Men’s Health @dartmouthhealth.bsky.social. Focus on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health, and suicide prevention. Please consider supporting: cancer.dartmouth.edu/donate/frien....

Study showed that increasing the percentage of patients with a bone and joint infection (including PJI) discharged on an oral antibiotic had no negative impact on 90 day failure rates, while decreasing LOS (and PICC adverse events). academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...