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Katrina Wolfe

@katrinawolfe.bsky.social

Hospitalist @ University of Wisconsin-Madison || Views my own

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Latest posts by katrinawolfe.bsky.social on Bluesky

10-year-old becomes first child to receive total artificial heart in Michigan Within 24 hours, Lev’Veon went from a healthy 10-year-old playing at his sister’s birthday party to flatlining in the intensive care unit. There was only one option to save him, but it involved a high...

The kind of good news story we all need these days.

10.04.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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2 important papers @nature.com today indicate the potential for A.I. to improve diagnostic accuracy and overall clinical performance for patient management and interactions
nature.com/articles/s41...

09.04.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
People protest cuts to science in the US

People protest cuts to science in the US

The latest mass firings in critical US health services continued the attacks on science and health that have quickly become a signature of the new presidency.

These cuts are short sighted, cruel, and ignorant, writes @choo.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

10.04.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβ€”but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

β€”With love,
Your American allies.

05.04.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 84400    πŸ” 19855    πŸ’¬ 1925    πŸ“Œ 1167
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With all the concern about what messaging app was used by our leaders, I'd love it if we also considered that we dropped bombs on a civilian apartment building and killed 53 people. Some number of whom were children. If another country did this to the United States, we'd call it a war crime.

26.03.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7330    πŸ” 2426    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 146
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Well said!

05.03.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 77181    πŸ” 19413    πŸ’¬ 1260    πŸ“Œ 617

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

05.03.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 97746    πŸ” 27064    πŸ’¬ 1559    πŸ“Œ 1278
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One of our supporters shared this with usβ€”people are getting creative tonight!

14.02.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 84771    πŸ” 26297    πŸ’¬ 779    πŸ“Œ 911
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a little girl wearing sunglasses is standing in a doorway with the words `` you got this oh yeah '' . ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses is standing in a doorway with the words `` you got this oh yeah '' .

next time you’re having imposter syndrome, just remember that you have more clinical experience than the HHS secretary plus the NIH director combined 🫣

13.02.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 266    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

05.02.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 71123    πŸ” 17178    πŸ’¬ 1720    πŸ“Œ 1255
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I Was Kamala Harris’ Videographer. I Wish I Could Show You What I’ve Seen. She completely changed me.

"Vice President Harris never called a little girl cute or commented on her outfit; instead, she'd say, 'You look like the smartest person in your class.' The vice president would say, 'Let me hear you say, 'I am a leader,'' and even the youngest girls would say it back." slate.com/news-and-pol...

26.01.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9381    πŸ” 1747    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 145
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Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination.

Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, β€œLowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs

21.01.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1992    πŸ” 1273    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 337
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

20.01.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 101475    πŸ” 26556    πŸ’¬ 864    πŸ“Œ 789

But seriously: one of the best ways I learned to improve resuscitation team performance in the ER was to highlight what was good - specifically, directly draw attention to what was great. Then there would be more and more good.

Attention to the good is a powerful force.

17.12.2024 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

16.12.2024 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 26927    πŸ” 6574    πŸ’¬ 591    πŸ“Œ 291

I can’t even come up with anything original to say that doesn’t sound trite, but I guess that’s a reflection of the problem. It’s all been said 50,000 times before

17.12.2024 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Basically marathoned news coverage all day, and got really sick of hearing the words β€œthoughts and prayers.” All well and good, but we need to do MORE so that this cycle stops repeating itself.

17.12.2024 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens MADISON, WIβ€”In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

16.12.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22252    πŸ” 5471    πŸ’¬ 373    πŸ“Œ 183
Infographic summarizing negative outcomes documented from prior authorization

Infographic summarizing negative outcomes documented from prior authorization

Infographic summarizing negative outcomes documented from prior authorization

Infographic summarizing negative outcomes documented from prior authorization

The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance β€œprior authorizations” and found:

41 prior auths per doctor per week

13 hours spent per week on prior auths

24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths

8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths

12.12.2024 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 921    πŸ” 442    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 40

Yes, as a doctor I would be willing to take a reasonable pay cut in the service of providing healthcare to everyone and prevent needless death.

No, I am not willing to take a pay cut to further increase insurance company profit.

Hope that clarifies.

11.12.2024 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
The London Times: It’s no coincidence dictators are often doctors

The London Times: It’s no coincidence dictators are often doctors

That reminds me. Next week is our worldwide doctor grand rounds where we will select the next dictator. Wish us luck!

11.12.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 899    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 22
30 Days of US Healthcare: United Healthcare Denies Everything
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken 30 Days of US Healthcare: United Healthcare Denies Everything

youtu.be/JfyECL2UtMw?... I’ve been getting a lot of new comments on old videos for some strange reason

11.12.2024 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 15

This would be amazing

25.11.2024 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I believe so.. I went in under lists the first time around, and then after clicking in to a particular one hit β€œpin to home” in the upper right corner. I discovered after the fact that in addition to those lists, there are pre-curated feeds also available that can be added in the same way.

25.11.2024 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Still figuring out #medsky and #bluesky in general, but this is super neat! Once you add your own labels, can go in and create/follow feeds with everyone that is in each group

25.11.2024 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the most important chart published in America this week.

(By @dylanlscott.bsky.social)

22.11.2024 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6389    πŸ” 1941    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 95
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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because β€œconfidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

This is how they cover up what abortion bans do β€” fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...

21.11.2024 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3480    πŸ” 1680    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 62

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