Robert W. Yeh MD
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Cardiologist | Health services researcher | Clinical trialist | Director @SmithBIDMC Opinions my own.
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2nd CAUSALab-Smith Center working meeting. Absolutely loving the level of this discussion, making our work so much better.
Planning underway for a joint Spring Symposium (2023): Causal inference in cardiovascular medicine. details to come.
CAUSALab BIDMC Smith Center Miguel Hernán
Pleased to announce the publication of our collaborative effort between BIDMC Smith Center and the National #EchoFirst Database of Australia: the iENHANCED-AS study, now published in JASE: bit.ly/3rLCxWz American Society of Echocardiography BIDMC CVI BIDMC CV Imaging David Playford
From Andrew Oseran, MD MBA Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP & team.
“Medicare Advantage beneficiaries were ⬆️ likely to have problems paying medical bills (OR, 1.68, 1.17–2.40) and to worry about paying medical bills (OR, 1.37, 1.07–1.76) compared with those in traditional Medicare.”
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…
Humbled: My better half CoCo Fraiche publishes in JAMA Cardiology important topic in Cardiology - training the lowest proportion of women in all medicine specialties Meghan York MD Julie Damp Malissa Wood part of an all-star team; further action is needed! bit.ly/3rRsteU
Robert Harrington Gregg Fonarow MD SABOURETCardiologist Adrian “WE NEED RCTS!” Hernandez Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt Bottom line: we need to be MUCH more efficient in our RCTs and MUCH more rigorous in our observational research. Both can move the field forward.
US policymakers have debated whether to expand Medicare
Our *new* PLOS Medicine study examines the effects of Medicare on health care access, affordability, & financial strain by socioeconomic status
Led by Rahul Aggarwal BIDMC Smith Center CAUSALab
bit.ly/3C3mbgO /1
Many congratulations to Dr. Ernest (Ernie) Gervino - Director of Exercise Lab at BIDMC CVI for receiving the Boston University Sargent Lifetime Professional Achievement Award! Ernie teaches us all we know about stress testing every day! BIDMC Department of Medicine BIDMC CV Imaging
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⭐️Randomization is the gold standard for studying medical questions
😕How do evaluate policy if randomization isn’t feasible?
🔥Our study uses causal inference to assess if Medicare affects affordability and access to health care
⭐️mentor Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP doi.org/10.1371/journa…
Thank you CAUSALab for hosting the BIDMC Smith Center group at the first CAUSALab Clinics.
Incredibly valuable discussion regarding our causal inference work-in-progress. 🙏 Joy Shi Miguel Hernán, Jamie Robins, Lizzie Diemer and others - what a treat to learn from you!
Update: I'm unbelievably excited to announce that as of October 1, I will be taking on the role of Director of the #EchoFirst Lab BIDMC BIDMC CVI Harvard Medical School. I have huge shoes to fill, particularly those of our outgoing director, Warren Manning.
