Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center of Innovation at VA Salt Lake City. Tweets don’t necessarily represent those of VA

Joined February 2010
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The Biosurveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Infection Control (BASIC) program is recruiting a data architect with experience working with large healthcare data. Check it out here: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…

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Come work with us! We do exciting work on infectious disease surveillance with awesome people! #Epidemiology #AcademicTwitter @SLC_IDEAS @UofUEpi
The Biosurveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Infection Control program is recruiting at University of Utah: Research Associate:utah.peopleadmin.com/posting… Application Systems/Programming Project Lead: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting… Senior Data Architect: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…
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The Biosurveillance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Infection Control program is recruiting at University of Utah: Research Associate:utah.peopleadmin.com/posting… Application Systems/Programming Project Lead: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting… Senior Data Architect: utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…

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Congratulations @burgersmoke, well-deserved recognition!! We are so fortunate to have you as a colleague.
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New publication! Part of a special issue from our team - strong showing from @SLC_IDEAS and @Utah_IDD. Rich Nelson and I found a magical synergy of math modeling and health economics on this one. Still don't know how we finished this during 2020 chaos. academic.oup.com/cid/article…

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In collaboration with @UofUEpi, we are recruiting a full time senior data architect! Please see the posting below and spread the word. utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…

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Read all about @angiefagerlin’s COVID19 work highlighted by @vahsrd!
4 Dec 2020
The HSR&D website's monthly spotlight feature for December highlights rapid response research around #COVID19. This week, Vets' experiences during the pandemic. Work by A Fagerlin of our @SLC_IDEAS team. hsrd.research.va.gov/news/fe…
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New work today! Implementation of interventions to support clinicians in communicating with patients about antibiotics are welcomed. Audit and feedback a more recognized option than a less intuitive shared decision making strategy @JorieMichaela @VAStewie bit.ly/3cy5fkK

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Congrats @RNelsonEcon and colleagues!
U researcher helps track multidrug-resistant infections in hospitals published in @NEJM via Richard Nelson @SLC_IDEAS @vasaltlakecity @UofUHealth attheu.utah.edu/announcement…
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Thanks to @noriega_lab for devising a strategy to enhance the efficiency of COVID-19 surveillance @SLC_IDEAS #pooledsampling
COVID-19 has strained resources in many ways. Thanks to @msamore for this collaboration on a way to reduce undertesting issues by using a pooled-sample Bayesian approach that increases testing throughput and case detection biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Today, after careful consideration and based on recent reports about the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we are announcing the cancellation of the AMIA 2020 Informatics Summit. #IS20 amia.org/news-and-publicatio…

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Another successful Salt Lake Stewardship Grand Rounds with @pranita_tamma discussing stewardship opportunities for Gram negative bacteremia. Thanks for making the trip and joining our community of awesome stewards. @E_Stenehjem @j_suttSLC @TimbrookTT @pillsandskills @Vanessa_S91
Thanks @pranita_tamma for traveling to Utah and giving a great presentation on Gram negative BSIs at our SLC Grand Rounds! Thanks @EmilySpivak for organizing!
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There is no benefit found in using broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial pneumonia treatment. Research published in @JAMAInternalMed via Matt Samore, @barbarajonesMD @vasaltlakecity @SLC_IDEAS #UofUHealth healthcare.utah.edu/publicaf…

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We’re delighted that two of our wonderful team members -@cnedlund and Kristina Stratford- we’re recognized with staff excellence awards by @UofUInternalMed this year. We couldn’t agree more! Congratulations!
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Don’t miss @barbarajonesMD talking about her new empiric anti-MRSA paper!
Don’t miss this new episode where we talk with the brilliant ⁦@barbarajonesMD⁩ about her new paper in ⁦@JAMAInternalMed⁩ about empirical anti-MRSA vs standard antibiotics in pneumonia. She’s a great teacher! #medtwitter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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IDEAS Center retweeted
Attempting my first ever re-tweet! Thanks @SLC_IDEAS @msamore @Vanessa_S91 @makotojones @RNelsonEcon @BrianSauer @vahsrd for about a year of hallway conversations and deliberations that went into this analysis.
Empirical coverage with broad-spectrum agents is not indicated in most patients being treated for #pneumonia ja.ma/322SSZc
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Next Thursday, join us to learn about parallel programming and writing efficient #rstats code with @statredd! meetup.com/slc-rug/events/26…

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We found no mortality benefit of empiric anti-MRSA therapy over standard #antibiotics for #pneumonia, even those with risk factors for #MRSA ja.ma/2SxruPY

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New IDEAS pub alert! @barbarajonesMD explores the use of empirical anti-MRSA in hospitalized Veterans with pneumonia. Out in JAMA Internal Medicine today
NEW 🔥⚡Retrospective multicenter cohort study @JAMA_current Empirical Anti-MRSA vs Standard Antibiotic Therapy and Risk of 30-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia. #IDTwitter #medtwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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