Guess who’s coming to UC San Diego Health tomorrow…?
Christopher A. Longhurst, MD
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CEO @seattlechildren and Professor @UWMedicine, formerly @UCSDHealth and @StanfordChild views=mine, RT≠endorsement
- Incidence of new onset type 1 diabetes increased 57% among San Diego children in the first year of the pandemic! 📈 Data from @UCSDHealth / @radychildrens in @JAMAPediatrics also shows significant increase in frequency of DKA at diagnosis 👉🏻 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…
- “Private-equity investment in nursing homes has grown from about $5 billion at the turn of the century to more than $100 billion today. The results have not been pretty.” 👉theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
- 🚨 Breaking news - California to require vaccine verification for all indoor events with 1000+ people, and will no longer allow self-attestation effective Sept 20 👉🏽 deadline.com/2021/08/califo…
- BIG NEWS - @SanDiegoCounty just approved vaccinating all seniors 65 and over at all sites! 👏🏻 Register now for an appointment this week 💉
00:00 - PSA: Please cancel NYE plans so we don’t have to cancel surgeries.Chemo delayed. Surgery postponed. Treatment deferred. Death from #COVID19 is not the only bad outcome.
- The first San Diego restaurant or bar to require proof of verification gets unlimited free advertising from the media…and my business for sure. mercurynews.com/2021/07/23/som…
- Florida governor signed a bill banning vaccine verification 🙄 So what did this concert promoter do? Differential pricing: -$20 with vaccination certificate - $999.99 for unvaccinated attendees Love this! #VaccinesSaveLives 👏🏽 Read more @10News 👇🏽
- Dr. Joseph Simone first published a set of maxims for understanding academic medical centers in 1999. They are so fundamental we often don’t know when we are stealing Joe’s lines. Learn more about these famous aphorisms 🧵 (1/16)
- Big milestone @UCSDHealth today as we report ZERO new #COVID19 infections in the last 24 hours for the first time since we launched testing in March 2020! #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives
- I am humbled by my new role @UCSDHealth and very grateful to @pattymaysent for her support 🙏🏽 The office of the CMO will be a high functioning team partnering across @UCSDHealth to support highly reliable care delivery, discovery of new knowledge, and education of our learners!After an extensive national search I am pleased and proud to name @calonghurst as the new Chief Medical Officer and Chief Digital Officer at @UCSDHealth So excited to see what we will be able to do together for our patients faculty and staff.
- I am beyond thrilled to celebrate the appointment of my colleague Dr. Cheryl Anderson (@chanders4) as the founding dean of the new @UCSDHealth Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health! adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2020/2…
- Vaccination @PetcoPark today is going so well that we just opened 1000 more slots for today! If you are a healthcare worker in @SanDiegoCounty visit vaccinationsuperstationsd.com to self-schedule - we are open until 7p!
- Vaccinations will be mandatory for faculty, staff, and students on site @UofCalifornia this fall. This includes all @UofCAHealth employees across @UCSDHealth, @UCDavisHealth, @UCLAHealth, @UCIrvineHealth, and @UCSFHospitals beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/univ…















