Hugo Farne
@respdoc.bsky.social
Respiratory 🫁 doctor.
Specialist interest in asthma.
Specialist interest in asthma.
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I always (broad brush) point out that Scotland went to Health Boards in 2004, brought in GPs in 2005, and have largely left them alone since from a top-down perspective.
Is it perfect? No. But it also hasn’t created an industry that just feeds money to management consultants for the next reorg.
Is it perfect? No. But it also hasn’t created an industry that just feeds money to management consultants for the next reorg.
July 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I always (broad brush) point out that Scotland went to Health Boards in 2004, brought in GPs in 2005, and have largely left them alone since from a top-down perspective.
Is it perfect? No. But it also hasn’t created an industry that just feeds money to management consultants for the next reorg.
Is it perfect? No. But it also hasn’t created an industry that just feeds money to management consultants for the next reorg.
Reposted by Hugo Farne
Recall @jama.com 2023:
Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
By Sneha Kannan et al
[SPOILER: adverse events went up, and they stopped caring for as sick patients]
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
By Sneha Kannan et al
[SPOILER: adverse events went up, and they stopped caring for as sick patients]
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
This observation study examines changes in hospital-acquired adverse events (or conditions) and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisition among Medicare beneficiaries treated...
jamanetwork.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Recall @jama.com 2023:
Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
By Sneha Kannan et al
[SPOILER: adverse events went up, and they stopped caring for as sick patients]
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition
By Sneha Kannan et al
[SPOILER: adverse events went up, and they stopped caring for as sick patients]
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Segue from your thread
The story of sirolimus (= rapamycin) is fascinating - beyond the somewhat ironic reverse mTOR nomenclature
Longish story here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @drugshortage.bsky.social will know much more of course
- Easter Island
- bioethics
- academia-Pharma jump
The story of sirolimus (= rapamycin) is fascinating - beyond the somewhat ironic reverse mTOR nomenclature
Longish story here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @drugshortage.bsky.social will know much more of course
- Easter Island
- bioethics
- academia-Pharma jump
The origin story of rapamycin: systemic bias in biomedical research and cold war politics
METEI (Medical Expedition to Easter Island) was a Canadian-led expedition to Easter Island in 1964 that led to the discovery of rapamycin, launching a billion-dollar drug industry and major field of b...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 30, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Segue from your thread
The story of sirolimus (= rapamycin) is fascinating - beyond the somewhat ironic reverse mTOR nomenclature
Longish story here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @drugshortage.bsky.social will know much more of course
- Easter Island
- bioethics
- academia-Pharma jump
The story of sirolimus (= rapamycin) is fascinating - beyond the somewhat ironic reverse mTOR nomenclature
Longish story here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @drugshortage.bsky.social will know much more of course
- Easter Island
- bioethics
- academia-Pharma jump