With the rare dual perspective of an E.R. doctor who also has his hands deep in policy work, Thomas Fisher connects human stories to the sometimes-cruel machinery of care in THE EMERGENCY, available now in paperback: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659219/t…

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Dr. Thomas Fisher is a distinguished author, and champion for equitable health care delivery. Thank you for all you do Dr. Fisher! (Find out what his role was at the White House! 👉 bit.ly/3TbAfPa)

Thomas Fisher Emergency Physicians SAEM @AAEMInfo ABMS The University of Chicago

Thank you to Thomas Fisher, ABEM-certified emergency physician and author of “The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER” for taking the time to share your valuable insight with ABEM Directors and Staff!

“Dr. Hoffman was among those who protested an even graver policy at Allina, one they took to The New York Times.
The policy instructed staff to stop providing care to patients with more than $4,500 in overdue bills….”

Footage of a Ukrainian Vampire drone from the 28th Mechanized Brigade dropping TM-62 antitank landmines and RPG warheads on Russian targets.

Goodreads Thomas Fisher — written from the heart and head, for his patients….spot on!

We are grateful for the opportunity to hear from Thomas Fisher (center) today, an emergency physician and author of “The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER,” which @time magazine named to its list of 📕 100 Must-Read Books of 2022.

Ryan Tsuchida, MD Janis P. Tupesis

'The private-equity foray into hospitals shatters any pretense that investors in a business do well only if everyone does well, and should remind Americans that some things ought to be more important than financial gains.' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation.

Seniors paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these 10 drugs in 2022. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is working to bring down those costs.

If only there was a required reading list for presidential candidates...

UChicago Medicine leaders promised to take action to make their Hyde Park medical center safer after a large fight broke out in the emergency department in the aftermath of a deadly shooting last weekend.
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“Hospitals don’t really have a complaints department, so the only real target they have is the nurse or staff that are standing right in front of them,” she said.

Long waits and unmet needs create dangerous conditions for both patients and staff.

“White residents’ median household income is more than double that of Black residents on average — $82,294 in comparison to $35,965 per year…. Hypertension and obesity are twice as high in Black neighborhoods than white ones.”