Health Services Researcher, Mayo Clinic. Alumnus of University of Akron, Johns Hopkins, Tulane. No endorsements, thoughts=my own.
Joined July 2016
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
May 31
Quite honestly, this organization 100% deserves this for putting Stuart Fairchild in the lineup.
May 31
The Guardians are out of ABS challenges and couldn't ask for a review on a 3-2 offering from Tim Herrin.
Called ball four to force in a run. Masataka Yoshida follows with a two-run single, and it's 6-4 Boston.
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
3 Jul 2025
In 100,000 simulations of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Star Ratings for U.S. hospitals, only 9%, including less than two-thirds of 5-star rated facilities, achieved reliable excellence. ja.ma/44rpegY @Pollock_BD
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6 Feb 2024
Hospitals with better pre-pandemic star ratings had better mortality rates for both COVID and non-COVID patients during the early pandemic. We can learn about hospital resiliency by reporting pandemic era outcomes. @CMSGov @BMJ_Open @SeanDowdy1
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Numb3rs.
7 Aug 2023
What is the greatest TV show of all time?
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
27 Jun 2023
When it comes to healthcare, there is rarely—if ever—a debate about whether a patient wants quality care. In this podcast @DrTimMorg discusses Quality or Counterfeit? The Science of Quality Measurement with @Pollock_BD. mayocl.in/3JzILSH
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
22 Jun 2023
We are absolutely thrilled and honored to announce that I have received the prestigious Mayo Clinic Diamond Award! 🎉 This lifetime recognition is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and dedication we have put into improving the quality of car…lnkd.in/eg4Af8aJ
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4 Apr 2023
For non-COVID patient outcomes such as mortality, evidence-based inclusion of pandemic-era data is methodologically plausible and must be explored rather than exclusion of months or years of relevant patient outcomes data
@SeanDowdy1 @USNewsHealth
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2 Feb 2023
They always say the groundhog is 40% accurate. But it’s a binary outcome and over 150 yrs of predictions his 95% CI is approx. 32-48% so he technically has 52-68% predictive accuracy not 40%.
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
5 Jan 2023
Measuring health care quality becomes even more important during a system-wide crisis. Learn more from @Pollock_BD on an innovative solution using @CMSGov data.
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1 Oct 2022
Suffering is not a competition. Health services researchers should strive to help everyone and should not invest in non-peer reviewed, one-liner, un-nuanced equivalencies on Twitter. The shame of the 2020s decade will be that science was touted by pre-print and Twitter.
1 Oct 2022
Over 30 people have died from the tragedy of Hurricane Ian.
But still ~440 Americans are still dying every day from Covid.
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1 Sep 2022
Earlier your team predicted an above average season. Is this lack of activity within the original model’s uncertainty bounds or did some original assumptions not hold?
31 Aug 2022
This remarkably quiet Atlantic tropical cyclone period is likely to end soon. The National #Hurricane Center is currently monitoring three areas for tropical cyclone formation in next 5 days, with 80%, 70% and 50% chance of formation, respectively.
Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
31 Jul 2022
Today, we lost a giant.
As tall as Bill Russell stood, his legacy rises far higher—both as a player and as a person.
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Ben Pollock, PhD retweeted
26 Jul 2022
#MayoClinic has once again been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the seventh consecutive year by @usnews in its "Best Hospitals" rankings. mayocl.in/3zzP7NC #USNewsandWorldReport
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25 Jul 2022
Yes that would be even better
25 Jul 2022
How about death statistics prior to pandemic? We cannot distinguish “die from” from “die with”.
25 Jul 2022
Most likely due to greater point prevalence of infection. If 10% of the population has an active COVID case instead of 2%, then of course total deaths will be higher, even if case fatality rate is lower. This wave is the most infectious.
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25 Jun 2022
Frustrated late night parent tweet. The little buttons on onesies are impossible for the average father to snap and unsnap, let alone a tired father in the dark while baby kicks and screams. It’s untenable as a long term clothing solution for babies. Zipper onesies only please.
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16 Jun 2022
Your thoughts on this? For my 2 mo. old, I don’t know about vax at 6 mos. Mom got booster during 2nd trimester, symptomatic COVID during 3rd trim. & received monoclonal antibodies. He may have some protection & haven’t seen much infant data. depends which variant is prevalent?
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13 Jun 2022
Lifelong Cleveland fan here. For me there is no need to watch Game 5 tonight. I’ve already seen the best Game 5 in Finals history. It was exactly 6 yrs ago today. I guess I could watch highlights of that on YouTube instead. espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/game… @cavs @warriors
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10 Jun 2022
Have to get a manuscript 3,600 to 3,000 words. What sounds easier: delete 1 out of every 6 sentences, 1 out of every 6 paragraphs, or 1 out of every 6 words? All the same but my mind thinks paragraphs is easier.
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