Ash Paul
Public Hlth Dr,interested in evid-based health services commissioning,clinical leadership & hlth policy.My views are my own,RTs are no endorsements
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The role of lipoprotein subfractions in coronary artery disease: A Mendelian randomization study
bioRxiv 47d 2 tweets
Lipoprotein subfractions and particle sizes are increasingly used in observational studies to predict the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the causal role of the different subfractions remain largely uncertain because the conventional study...
Survey of 866 Workers Shows How a Boss Can Make Workers Quit
Inverse 21h 2 tweets
"It really becomes incumbent on the leader to be good at self-reflection."
Ash Paul How a Boss Can Make Workers Quit via 4h
I took a bread baking class. This is what I learned about precision medicine.
Cecile Janssens - Medium 11h 2 tweets
When President Obama announced his Precision Medicine Initiative at his State of the Union address in 2015, I wondered whether he had…
Ash Paul Prof took a bread baking class: This is what she learned about precision medicine 4h
The Biggest Losers
ASH Clinical News 26d 10 tweets
The Biggest Losers - Editor's Corner - ASH Clinical News
The contribution of patients and providers to the overuse of
Voxeu.org 202d 4 tweets
Healthcare systems around the world battle high rates of overtreatment. This column investigates the role of patient demand in this, using a randomised evaluation of malaria treatment at public
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Virginia Minogue and Bill Wells: Patients and the public are essential to reducing research waste
The BMJ 10d 2 tweets
In order to maintain efficiency in medical research we have to facilitate and empower participant, patients and the public to recognise waste and take action, say Virginia Minogue and Bill Wells.
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Timely recommendations for addressing overuse of antibiotics
Melissa Sweet - Croakey 7h 1 tweets
Australians are among world leaders when it comes to the overuse of antibiotics, especially during the winter months. Researchers from Monash University and the University of Melbourne have some timel
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8 Ways Leaders Delegate Successfully
Harvard Business Review 10h 1 tweets
Start by picking the right person for the job.
Ash Paul 8 ways leaders delegate successfully via 10h
Souvenaid in the management of mild cognitive impairment: an expert consensus opinion
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 25h 1 tweets
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among an aging global population is a growing challenge for healthcare providers and payers. In many cases, MCI is an ominous portent for dementia. Early and accurate diagnosis of MCI provides a window of opportunity...
Why Some Doctors Purposely Misdiagnose Patients
Olga Khazan - The Atlantic 4d 2 tweets
Hundreds of people say a Michigan doctor falsely diagnosed them with epilepsy. He wouldn’t be the first to lie to patients about how sick they are.
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How healthcare can help heal communities and the planet
The BMJ 63d 3 tweets
The gains from healthcare are often undermined by the sector’s contributions to social inequity and environmental damage, but it doesn’t have to be that way argue Damon Francis and colleagues Over the past few decades, the world has made...
Ash Paul How healthcare can help heal communities and the planet via & et al 14h
Screening For Social Needs: What Do Parents Think? | Health Affairs
Healthaffairs.org 14h 1 tweets
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Canadian doctors’ mental health is suffering — and it’s hurting patients, too
Global News 14h 1 tweets
Physicians have the highest rate of suicide of any profession, and double the rate of the general population.
Ash Paul Canadian doctors' mental health is suffering and it's hurting patients, too via 14h
Uncovering the Communities with the Highest Premature Deaths in Ontario
Dlsph.utoronto.ca 14h 1 tweets
Ash Paul Uncovering the Communities with the Highest Premature Deaths in Ontario thru spatial analysis via et al 14h
Patient perspectives on routinely being asked about their race and ethnicity
The College of Family Physicians of Canada 14h 1 tweets
Objective To understand patients’ perspectives on responding to a question about their race and ethnicity in a primary care setting. Design Qualitative study using semistructured individual interviews conducted between May and July 2016. Setting...
Ash Paul Patient perspectives on routinely being asked about their race and ethnicity via & et al 14h
Teaching the Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Equity or a Road to Nowhere? - PubMed - NCBI
Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 479d 3 tweets
Acad Med. 2018 Jan;93(1):25-30. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001689.
Ash Paul Teaching the Social Determinants of Health #SDOH : A Path to Equity or a Road to Nowhere? via & & 14h
'They're being stabbed as school closes': Meet the trauma surgeon on the knife-crime frontline
The Telegraph 14h 2 tweets
Little shocks Mr Martin Griffiths, lead trauma surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, but he recently surveyed the scene on ward 12D, the UK’s first dedicated major trauma unit, and saw the resuscitation bays filled with wounded children.
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Two thirds of parents say they don't know how to feed their child a healthy diet, poll claims
The Independent 14h 1 tweets
One quarter of parents worry about their children's nutrition
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Types of Pseudoscience That Deserve More Skeptical Attention
Debunking Denialism 14h 1 tweets
During the past decade, a lot of skeptical activism online has involved topics such as vaccines, GMOs, and evolution. There are thousands of videos, articles and blog posts destroying creationist d…
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How an algorithm can help us detect fake news
Salon 15h 1 tweets
Researchers are developing an algorithm that can distinguish between real and fake news articles.
Ash Paul The language gives it away: How an algorithm can help us detect fake news via 15h