@janprobst.bsky.social
@janprobst.bsky.social
Jan Probst
~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues
Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues
Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe.
Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
Opinion piece, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Rural America needs health care professionals at all levels.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Rural America Needs Immigrant Doctors More Than Ever
Immigration restrictions threaten our workforce
www.medpagetoday.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Opinion piece, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Rural America needs health care professionals at all levels.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Need a mood boost?
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl
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📢 Calling all early-career physicians! JAMA Internal Medicine editors are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Editorial Fellowship.
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📢 Calling all early-career physicians! JAMA Internal Medicine editors are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Editorial Fellowship.
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
⏰ Apply by March 2, 2026.
🔗Learn more: ja.ma/3YQiXt2
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
Sam the rural health advoCATe shares 2 AJPH calls for papers on rural health (scroll down the link). He is distressed that the mobile health call is sponsored by a company that makes mobile health units, raising possible ethical issues.
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe shares 2 AJPH calls for papers on rural health (scroll down the link). He is distressed that the mobile health call is sponsored by a company that makes mobile health units, raising possible ethical issues.
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
#PowerOfRuralCats
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
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JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Ag & Water Desk
A total of 17 jobs on the environmental beat are open for emerging and experienced journalists via Report for America
agwaterdesk.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
JOB ALERT: Some great reporting positions (for veteran reporters too) covering the environment along the Mississippi River, and others in the Mountain West. agwaterdesk.org/2026/01/22/r...
Sam's guardian received the note below from a reporter with whom guardian had been working on a rural story. Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. Not the first to note this, but: When he is tired of a toy, Sam ignores it; he doesn't destroy it.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Sam's guardian received the note below from a reporter with whom guardian had been working on a rural story. Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. Not the first to note this, but: When he is tired of a toy, Sam ignores it; he doesn't destroy it.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Sam the rural health advoCATe is disappointed. A study on visits to urgent care centers (UCs) that never looks at availability of UCs. Um, rural folks don’t visit because UCs overwhelmingly locate in profitable (urban) places.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
Urgent Care Trends Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012-2019
This cross-sectional study examines urgent care utilization among adults aged 65 years or older and assesses whether utilization rates varied by beneficiary sociodemographic and community characterist...
jamanetwork.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is disappointed. A study on visits to urgent care centers (UCs) that never looks at availability of UCs. Um, rural folks don’t visit because UCs overwhelmingly locate in profitable (urban) places.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?
And in every analysis Sam’s guardian has run, young adult mortality is higher in rural than urban US counties. AI Avatars will not address this problem, says Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
High young adult #mortality makes reaching old age less likely in the US than elsewhere. That's true in all states, but in WV and MS more than one-fourth of 20-year-olds are not expected live to retirement age.
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
State analysis inspired by @financialtimes.com and @drjenndowd.bsky.social #demography
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
And in every analysis Sam’s guardian has run, young adult mortality is higher in rural than urban US counties. AI Avatars will not address this problem, says Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
$8M is a trivial amount, observes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
www.beckershospitalreview.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
$8M is a trivial amount, observes Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-i...
Since urban nurses typically earn more than their rural peers,* current programs will exacerbate shortages in rural America, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
A 'Vicious Cycle': How Nursing Shortage Could Worsen Under Trump Team's Plan
Proposed rule may have 'chilling effect' on graduate nurse applicants, hurt overall RN pool
www.medpagetoday.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Since urban nurses typically earn more than their rural peers,* current programs will exacerbate shortages in rural America, hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe.
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
#PowerOfRuralCats
*Odahowski CL et al J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):404-410.
www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...?
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They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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📣 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽!
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
Prospective Members
Faster, evidence-based decisions for sociotechnical systems
cathywu.github.io
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📣 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽!
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
I’m looking to hire 𝟭–𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘀 to work with us across the group’s research areas, including:
🤖 Deep reinforcement learning
🚦 Traffic modeling & control
🧠 Neural combinatorial optimization
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Our modern world has become a fear factory running at full capacity. Every time we unlock our phones, we're opening a Pandora's box of catastrophes, controversies, and crises — each one algorithmically curated to seize our attention by the throat.
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Our modern world has become a fear factory running at full capacity. Every time we unlock our phones, we're opening a Pandora's box of catastrophes, controversies, and crises — each one algorithmically curated to seize our attention by the throat.
While Dr. Oz posits faux solutions, the National Academies continue to look seriously into rural issues.
" Advancing Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2026) doi.org/10.17226/15266.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29360
" Advancing Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2026) doi.org/10.17226/15266.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29360
Driving progress for the benefit of society by providing independent, objective advice to advance science, engineering, and medicine.
www.nationalacademies.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
While Dr. Oz posits faux solutions, the National Academies continue to look seriously into rural issues.
" Advancing Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2026) doi.org/10.17226/15266.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29360
" Advancing Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2026) doi.org/10.17226/15266.
#PowerOfRuralCats
www.nationalacademies.org/read/29360
as someone who worked in rural health policy, this is not a real thing. this is actually called giving up on rural america after your party broke everything and can’t put it back together. perfect time to exploit people with scams
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is encouraged by the comments responding to this post. But we still need more people who understand rural healthcare and its potential levers to chime in.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
There are many horrible things to note here but I'm going to pull out just one:
How will people in rural areas access these farkakte A.i.-based avatars WHEN THEY STILL CAN'T GET BROADBAND.
How will people in rural areas access these farkakte A.i.-based avatars WHEN THEY STILL CAN'T GET BROADBAND.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is encouraged by the comments responding to this post. But we still need more people who understand rural healthcare and its potential levers to chime in.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Counterpoint: We could NOT slash Medicaid, stop pretending that the Rural Health Transformation Fund is anything more than a drop in the bucket relative to the safety net cuts, and actually support rural hospitals that are at risk of closure… and, you know, stop acting like utter imbeciles.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed beyond belief at the notion that somehow rural Americans are less valuable. This is a litter box suggestion.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed beyond belief at the notion that somehow rural Americans are less valuable. This is a litter box suggestion.
#PowerOfRuralCats
#PowerOfRuralCats
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Happy Groundhog Day! Groundhogs are terrible weather forecasters, but excellent archaeologists, it turns out
Happy Groundhog Day! Celebrate with 6 startling facts about these rodents
Groundhogs don’t really forecast the weather, but there are plenty of other strange things about these rodents
www.scientificamerican.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Happy Groundhog Day! Groundhogs are terrible weather forecasters, but excellent archaeologists, it turns out
Important information shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. America has benefited from programs that reward internationally born physicians for practicing in rural; continuation is essential.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
International-Born Health Care Workforce in Rural US Communities
This cross-sectional study examines the reliance of rural US communities on international-born health care professionals and the impact of immigration policies on staffing rural areas.
jamanetwork.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Important information shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. America has benefited from programs that reward internationally born physicians for practicing in rural; continuation is essential.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Read my latest post for reflections on reproducibility, research quality and a summary of a great new study which shows how NOT to do it
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
Gambling with research quality
How you get 244 different ways to measure performance on the same test of decision making. And what it means for the reliability of behavioural science
tomstafford.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Read my latest post for reflections on reproducibility, research quality and a summary of a great new study which shows how NOT to do it
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
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Good Morning
Remembering this.. 1987
Truth, this one photo ended
Gary Hart
and
They were adults
Now we have a Pedophile Potus who has committed the worst sexual atrocities to young girls
We have no DOJ...All they do is REDACT and LIE
#EpsteinFiles
We Believe the Victims
Remembering this.. 1987
Truth, this one photo ended
Gary Hart
and
They were adults
Now we have a Pedophile Potus who has committed the worst sexual atrocities to young girls
We have no DOJ...All they do is REDACT and LIE
#EpsteinFiles
We Believe the Victims
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Good Morning
Remembering this.. 1987
Truth, this one photo ended
Gary Hart
and
They were adults
Now we have a Pedophile Potus who has committed the worst sexual atrocities to young girls
We have no DOJ...All they do is REDACT and LIE
#EpsteinFiles
We Believe the Victims
Remembering this.. 1987
Truth, this one photo ended
Gary Hart
and
They were adults
Now we have a Pedophile Potus who has committed the worst sexual atrocities to young girls
We have no DOJ...All they do is REDACT and LIE
#EpsteinFiles
We Believe the Victims
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Combining my interests in medicine and math, this is a bonkers tale about predatory journals. @pccmdoc.bsky.social - I totally thought of your warnings on the subject as I read it.
@retractionwatch.com
@retractionwatch.com
This is both hilarious and scary.
@retractionwatch.com
@retractionwatch.com
Guest post: Forget pickles and ice cream. I published a fake paper on pregnancy cravings for prime numbers
Image generated by Google Gemini I had grown weary of the constant stream and abuse of spam invitations to submit manuscripts to journals and to attend fake conferences on the other side of the wor…
retractionwatch.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Combining my interests in medicine and math, this is a bonkers tale about predatory journals. @pccmdoc.bsky.social - I totally thought of your warnings on the subject as I read it.
@retractionwatch.com
@retractionwatch.com