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Has anyone on here every worked with the AHRQ Social Determinants of Health Database (SDOH) or the AHRQ Physician and Physician Practice Research Database (3P-RD)? I'm helping organize a session on these for AcademyHealth, and it would be great to hear from some users.

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I knew this sounded familiar.

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NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)

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Please indulge me, thread incoming about what I am looking for at @STATNews’ opinion section right now—and what I’m not. This is aimed at communications folks, researchers, policymakers, etc. who might be interested in writing.

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Many more pieces like this could be written to show the impact of sustained federal investment in US biomedical research. This one has a great table highlighting the role of NIH funding in some of our greatest gains against chronic disease in the past 80 years. www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

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“AdvaMed CEO Scott Whitaker sent a letter to HHS urging them to consider the terminations’ ramifications on patient health & medical device innovation. Many of the roles were funded by fees paid by device makers to help speed the review of products. Device companies have already noticed delays”

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It's not that it would be "difficult" for Energy and Commerce to hit their $880 billion target without steep cuts Medicaid. It's a mathematical impossibility, given the committee's jurisdiction and constraints of reconciliation.

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One of RFK Jr's top priorities is fixing a loophole that lets untested additives into food. But that will require more resources for FDA — and recent cuts included 9/29 staffers on the additives team. @lizzylawrence.bsky.social & I explain: www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/r...

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Another example of how slash and burn is not a good way to do much of anything except cause dysfunction. Targeting probationary workers is just going to remove people well-suited to meet current needs in the FDA.

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Scoop: The cuts to FDA included head of medical device safety Rusty Segan. He was hired in September after a lengthy search by the agency. www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...

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And now, from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social: The government axed the head of medical device safety at the FDA 🩺 www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...

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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

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NEW: Drug manufacturer inspections Keeping infected animals out of the country Kicking unauthorized medical devices off of Amazon Issuing device recalls People in all of these jobs were eliminated over the weekend, without actual cause. "I call it 'getting DOGE-d.'" More @statnews.com:

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AI is arguably the area where the FDA most needs modernization and engagement between industry and regulators who know what they're talking about. These cuts will put more pressure on what's already been a pain point for industry.

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Firings at FDA include cuts to inspectors and medical product reviewers. Deep concern about impacts to the medical device center. Overall, nearly 700 probationary employees appear impacted at the agency. w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social + @meganmesserly.bsky.social + more:

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I hate it here.

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I think this is what's broken my brain more than anything else. You could write, "Trump admin slashes funding for biomedical research," or, "Trump stops DEI dean slush fund," to describe the change in NIH indirects. And you could do something similar for literally anything. There's no reality.

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Penn State also pausing new NIH submissions and pausing acceptance of new awards. #academicsky

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Register today for our first talk, coming up in just over two weeks! www.ehealthecon.org

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Breaking news via me and @angusrohan.bsky.social: 22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n... See our story for @statnews.com

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As a health tech reporter at STAT News, I cover the role of technology in health care and clinical research — including artificial intelligence, telehealth, EHRs, and remote patient monitoring. Is there an untold story about how tech is impacting patients? Contact me securely on Signal: palmer.01

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In clinical research, you will often receive feedback on study design, stats, and/or data analysis from an editor or reviewer that is simply wrong. Here is a list of common "statistical myths" and references you can use to push back. discourse.datamethods.org/t/reference-...

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Foundations allow us to budget financial management, other admin staff, IRB costs, etc, directly. With a low F&A to match foundations, will NIH allow these things to be budgeted “above the line”? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Does anyone have any thoughts/speculation on whether this applies to AHRQ?

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Here is what the censoring of data.cdc.gov looks like over time

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In a new Health Affairs Scholar paper led by Steph Teeple, we begin to unpack the enormous rise in hospital assets we've seen in recent years. A few key facts: 1. Total assets held by US hospitals more than doubled 2000-2019, from $750 billion to $1.6 trillion.

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The FDA is always trying to staff up, and already struggles to fulfill some duties.

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Hi #econtwitter and #econsky, we finally made the switch! This is the official account for the Electronic Health Economics Colloquium (EHEC). Follow for our 2025 presentation schedule, out soon! And please share widely!

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Finally gave up on the garbage website. So my usual stuff: - Medical devices usually aren't tested in humans before they're used in clinical practice, and we don't have a good way of tracking them after they're used. - I'm really into Rivals of Aether 2, let me know if you play!

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Call for papers: VIII edition of the Empirical Health Economics Workshop to be held in Pisa, July 9-11, 2024. For further information please contact [email protected]

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Seems bad

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Fun to experience relief from realizing you're just dumb. First time owning a house this year, spent $300 for a plumber to tell me my washer wasn't working because the water was turned off and an HVAC person to tell me my AC wasn't working because the hatch for the filter was open.

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Does anyone have any papers on patient safety, manufacturer reporting, or medical technology ASHEcon 2024 that they'd want to put together as part of a session? If so, please DM me!

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