Chris Sarfaty

Here’s what you need to know about covid this summer Experts say a surge may happen in the coming months and urge people to get vaccinated.

Coronavirus cases may surge in the coming weeks, as they have every summer since the pandemic began five years ago, experts said.

Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself against the virus:

Alt Text, Revisited — CommunicateHealth Here at We ❤️ Health Literacy Headquarters, we’re always looking for ways to make content more accessible. One key way to do that: writing good, descriptive alt text. (We first wrote about this way ba...

Writing good alt text is a key way to make health materials more accessible for everyone. CommunicateHealth shares some thoughts on how to write alt text that’s clear, useful, and inclusive. communicatehealth.com/wehearthealt... #HealthCommunication #HealthLiteracy #HealthComm

How to Test Someone Who Might Have Measles Learn how to test someone for measles effectively with both PCR analysis and antibody testing for accurate results.

How to Test Someone Who Might Have Measles vaxopedia.org/2025/05/08/h... via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Shared Access to Adult Patient Portals: A Vital Tool for Care Partners. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join IPFCC for our next Informal Conversation, Shared Access to Adult Patient Portals: A Vital Tool for Care Partners. Many adult patients have care partners who assist them in managing their care. On...

Out of 16,005 patients, only HALF of them knew they could share portal
access with care partners.

This needs to change.

Join OpenNotes for a webinar with the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care on April 22nd at 12pm Eastern:
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#medsky #cansky #btsm

Teaching Doctors to Write for Patients

There are big questions about how to create medical notes in a world where patients have access to them.

Dr. Anita Vanka answers questions like:
1. Can clinicians really skip shorthand when pressed for time? 2. Should notes be written in the first person?

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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.

How I will remember April Fools' Day 2025.
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
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The Calling: A Medical School Journey A year in the life of medical students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

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YouTube video by Amanpour and Company “The Calling:” A Look Inside the Emotional Journey of Medical School | Amanpour and Company

“The Calling:” A Look Inside the Emotional Journey of Medical School | Amanpour and Company
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‘What Matters to Staff Programme’: eight steps to improve staff well-being at work Background and aim The What Matters to Staff programme was designed at the Royal Free Hospital to address a key priority of improving workforce well-being. The initial aim was to set up a programme th...

Wonderful ❤️ 🗝️ work!
Caring about What Matters for Staff IS Caring for our patients and loved ones.

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Thank you! @karenturner1.bsky.social , Rebecca Longmate, Jane Coy-Terry, Meric Dai at The Royal Free Hospital in London

Ask, Listen, Do What Matters www.WMTY.world

Forget Perks—Leadership Starts With Asking Employees What They Need As organizations face high turnover, burnout, and changing workforce expectations, leaders must rethink how they engage, support, and retain employees to drive success.

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Ask, What Matters to You?

www.WMTY.world

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"I have had the privilege of being at the side of my father, my mother, and my mother-in-law during the last weeks and days of their lives. Although I am a physician, my medical training didn’t fully prepare me for these moments," writes IHI's Pierre Barker, MD.

Read the blog: go.ihi.org/4joFO7U

You are a rock star, sister!
The humble, approachable, real people kind. It’s a privilege to know you. 💕

What Matters to You - The Beryl Institute “What Matters to You (WMTY)?” is an international person-centered care movement, centered around the principle, « Ask, listen, do » to shift the power to the person who knows best about the help or su...

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Health and Social Care News.
A collaboration to elevate patient, family, community and care team voices around the world

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Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature? A Scoping Review Objective This scoping review seeks to understand how kindness, compassion and empathy are defined and conceptualised within existing healthcare services literature. Introduction Little consensus exi...

(1/6) A THREAD:
🌟🌟🌟Kindness in Healthcare: A Poor Cousin No More? 🌟🌟🌟
Excited to share our latest publication in BMJ Leader: bmjleader.bmj.com/content/8/4/...
This article (now open access as Editor's Choice!) delves into the underappreciated role of kindness in healthcare.

Hello Bluesky! ConversationForKindness meets once / month 18-1900 UK time to reconnect our work with the true purpose of health & care.

Time spent around stories, listening, coproduction and evidence.

To join, email Bob.klaber@nhs.net

Kindnessinhealthcare.world

When the word Reckless is not strong enough

Re-introducing myself to Bluesky!

If you’ve ever wondered if your doctor’s notes include “patient is officially most fascinating person of 2024”—well, health transparency laws/rules mean you can actually READ what’s in those notes as soon as your medical visit is over.

Follow @myopennotes.bsky.social for research + more!

Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of ‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81 She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

Really closing out the year terribly.

A legend has passed. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/a...

Slide with responses from patients such as 'I want to feel safe' and 'I want to go outside'

Excellent session this morning at Gathering of Kindness 2024 from Karen Turner and Maureen Bisognano about- what happens when you ask people what really matters to them? Often the answers from patients are not what gets discussed by care teams at the MDT.