Kyle Edmonds, MD
@kpedmonds.com
Partner to @LaseAjayi.com, dad
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
Follow me at https://rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
Follow me at https://rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
"Defunded by Congress and fearing the Trump administration might pervert the organization to further undermine free media, the board members agreed it was better to salt the earth than leave behind a place for Trump to plant his poisonous, choking weeds." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
Better nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece.
www.publicnotice.co
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"Defunded by Congress and fearing the Trump administration might pervert the organization to further undermine free media, the board members agreed it was better to salt the earth than leave behind a place for Trump to plant his poisonous, choking weeds." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Medical training often focuses on checklists, but what about creativity and compassion?
If we want care that truly heals, we need to teach clinicians how to connect and imagine—not just diagnose.
Curious what you think.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/death-creati...
#HAPC #MedEd #palliative
If we want care that truly heals, we need to teach clinicians how to connect and imagine—not just diagnose.
Curious what you think.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/death-creati...
#HAPC #MedEd #palliative
Death, Creativity, and Compassion: What Are We Really Training For?
In specialist palliative care, we talk about “compassion training” as if it’s a discrete skill you can add to a checklist. Joan Halifax’s enactive model challenges that notion: compassion isn’t a modu...
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Medical training often focuses on checklists, but what about creativity and compassion?
If we want care that truly heals, we need to teach clinicians how to connect and imagine—not just diagnose.
Curious what you think.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/death-creati...
#HAPC #MedEd #palliative
If we want care that truly heals, we need to teach clinicians how to connect and imagine—not just diagnose.
Curious what you think.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/death-creati...
#HAPC #MedEd #palliative
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
When I am offering cancer/peer support or therapy for people with cancer - the thing I spend the MOST time doing is trying to get clients and their treatment teams to INCLUDE PALLIATIVE SUPPORT for ANY cancer that causes significant distress or discomfort
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
When I am offering cancer/peer support or therapy for people with cancer - the thing I spend the MOST time doing is trying to get clients and their treatment teams to INCLUDE PALLIATIVE SUPPORT for ANY cancer that causes significant distress or discomfort
Rounds & Rants Latest: AI in #palliative
*The real value? It supports clinical judgment
*Big red flags: bias, equity, ethics, sustainability
We need clear workflows, outcomes measures, & human-centered rollout.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/year-end-ref...
#HAPC
*The real value? It supports clinical judgment
*Big red flags: bias, equity, ethics, sustainability
We need clear workflows, outcomes measures, & human-centered rollout.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/year-end-ref...
#HAPC
Augmented Intelligence in Palliative Care—Redesigning Care Delivery
Dr. Whyte's right—and in palliative care, the stakes are even higher.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Rounds & Rants Latest: AI in #palliative
*The real value? It supports clinical judgment
*Big red flags: bias, equity, ethics, sustainability
We need clear workflows, outcomes measures, & human-centered rollout.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/year-end-ref...
#HAPC
*The real value? It supports clinical judgment
*Big red flags: bias, equity, ethics, sustainability
We need clear workflows, outcomes measures, & human-centered rollout.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/year-end-ref...
#HAPC
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Why does compassion always end up on clearance?
New post: “Compassion on Clearance: Why #Palliative Values Always Seem to End Up Out of Stock.”
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/compassion-o...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #HealthPolicy #RoundsAndRants
New post: “Compassion on Clearance: Why #Palliative Values Always Seem to End Up Out of Stock.”
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/compassion-o...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #HealthPolicy #RoundsAndRants
Compassion on Clearance: Why Palliative Values Always Seem to End Up Out of Stock
If you’ve ever wondered why working in healthcare, especially in Specialist Palliative Care, feels like its being pulverized by grinding gears, this essay is for you.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why does compassion always end up on clearance?
New post: “Compassion on Clearance: Why #Palliative Values Always Seem to End Up Out of Stock.”
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/compassion-o...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #HealthPolicy #RoundsAndRants
New post: “Compassion on Clearance: Why #Palliative Values Always Seem to End Up Out of Stock.”
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/compassion-o...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #HealthPolicy #RoundsAndRants
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Healthcare didn’t just get complicated. It got monstrous.
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
The Monster We Built—and How Palliative Care Can Slay It
Let’s stop pretending that our health system is anything other than a Frankenstein’s monster stitched together from billing codes, productivity metrics, and cultural myths about heroism in medicine.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Healthcare didn’t just get complicated. It got monstrous.
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
Healthcare didn’t just get complicated. It got monstrous.
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
The Monster We Built—and How Palliative Care Can Slay It
Let’s stop pretending that our health system is anything other than a Frankenstein’s monster stitched together from billing codes, productivity metrics, and cultural myths about heroism in medicine.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Healthcare didn’t just get complicated. It got monstrous.
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
#PalliativeCare isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s the slayer.
Read why: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/the-monster-...
#Palliative #HAPC #HPM
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
The UCSD Health, Scripps Health, Elizabeth Hospice, and Sharp Hospice partnership continues with another #Hospice & #Palliative Medicine Match!
We welcome our class of 2026-27!
#HAPC #MedEd @ucsdggpc.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @scrippshealth.bsky.social
We welcome our class of 2026-27!
#HAPC #MedEd @ucsdggpc.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @scrippshealth.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The UCSD Health, Scripps Health, Elizabeth Hospice, and Sharp Hospice partnership continues with another #Hospice & #Palliative Medicine Match!
We welcome our class of 2026-27!
#HAPC #MedEd @ucsdggpc.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @scrippshealth.bsky.social
We welcome our class of 2026-27!
#HAPC #MedEd @ucsdggpc.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @scrippshealth.bsky.social
California physicians are united: the Hep B birth dose is essential for public health. It prevents infections, closes equity gaps and protects newborns when screening is missed. CDCgov #ACIP's decision must reflect science. Keep the birth-dose recommendation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
California physicians are united: the Hep B birth dose is essential for public health. It prevents infections, closes equity gaps and protects newborns when screening is missed. CDCgov #ACIP's decision must reflect science. Keep the birth-dose recommendation.
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
What did I learn this week? That medicine’s myths die harder than Bruce Willis. Comfort care ≠ doing nothing. Communication isn’t magic—it’s a skill. If you’re curious about the hills I’m dying on, read the latest rant:
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/what-kyle-le...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #MedEd
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/what-kyle-le...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #MedEd
What Kyle Learned Recently
From time-to-time, I will publish articles that have recently crossed my path with my analysis of what they tell us. This will be the first in that series.
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What did I learn this week? That medicine’s myths die harder than Bruce Willis. Comfort care ≠ doing nothing. Communication isn’t magic—it’s a skill. If you’re curious about the hills I’m dying on, read the latest rant:
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/what-kyle-le...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #MedEd
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/what-kyle-le...
#PalliativeCare #HAPC #MedEd
The downstream effects for pain management in #palliativecare could be enormously disruptive. But there’s absolutely no perspective in this article from those who manage pain and prescribe therapeutic opioids.
#hapc #palpharm
#hapc #palpharm
A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test
ARMR Sciences of New York is trialing a vaccine in the Netherlands to protect against fentanyl-related overdose and death.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The downstream effects for pain management in #palliativecare could be enormously disruptive. But there’s absolutely no perspective in this article from those who manage pain and prescribe therapeutic opioids.
#hapc #palpharm
#hapc #palpharm
The effort to wrest control of the language of physician billing from the control of physicians and into the hands of politicians and kooks continues apace.
www.beckershospitalreview.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The effort to wrest control of the language of physician billing from the control of physicians and into the hands of politicians and kooks continues apace.
Precision Symptom Management: Why #PalliativeCare Is Poised for a Genomic Revolution
Tempus AI’s acquisition of OneOme’s PGx assets is making headlines. Most see this as an onc play...the bigger picture: this move could catalyze a transformation in how we manage symptoms.
#R&R #HAPC #PalPharm #HPM
Tempus AI’s acquisition of OneOme’s PGx assets is making headlines. Most see this as an onc play...the bigger picture: this move could catalyze a transformation in how we manage symptoms.
#R&R #HAPC #PalPharm #HPM
Precision Symptom Management: Why Palliative Care Is Poised for a Genomic Revolution
The News That Sparked This Post
Tempus AI’s acquisition of OneOme’s pharmacogenomics (PGx) assets is making headlines in precision medicine circles. Most observers see this as an oncology play. They’...
rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Precision Symptom Management: Why #PalliativeCare Is Poised for a Genomic Revolution
Tempus AI’s acquisition of OneOme’s PGx assets is making headlines. Most see this as an onc play...the bigger picture: this move could catalyze a transformation in how we manage symptoms.
#R&R #HAPC #PalPharm #HPM
Tempus AI’s acquisition of OneOme’s PGx assets is making headlines. Most see this as an onc play...the bigger picture: this move could catalyze a transformation in how we manage symptoms.
#R&R #HAPC #PalPharm #HPM
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic marke...
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
“Student loan caps could strain clinician workforce”
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
www.beckershospitalreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Student loan caps could strain clinician workforce”
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.