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Alex Everhart

@aoeverhart.bsky.social

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Instructor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, health economist studying development and adoption of medical technology. alexeverhartphd.com

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · Feb 6

Finally gave up on the garbage website. So my usual stuff:

- Medical devices usually aren't tested in humans before they're used in clinical practice, and we don't have a good way of tracking them after they're used.

- I'm really into Rivals of Aether 2, let me know if you play!

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 19h

What do you mean some made a sincere attempt to map regions of the US that's not just rage bait?

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Genevieve Kanter @profgenkanter.bsky.social · 1d

Consolidation in the EHR market -- where there are 2 dominant vendors -- is creating a big risk of a catastrophic cybersecurity event.

@ajh.bsky.social, @natea.bsky.social, and I ponder the possibility of a "single-point-of-failure" risk in the EHR market in this Health Affairs Scholar commentary

Electronic health record market consolidation and implications for cybersecurity

Abstract. Over the past decade, the electronic health record (EHR) market has become increasingly consolidated, with the majority of care delivery organiza

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · Nov 22

I am not built to be a girl boss. I am built to eat shredded cheese directly out of the bag and sleep for 12 hours a day.

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 4d

I dunno why, but my family always had to buy bridge mix whenever we went shopping there. So treat yourself to three pounds of chocolate and sugar the next time you visit.

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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 5d

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 6d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 6d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

The fiscal year is over.

So how was the NIH appropriation committed?

A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

Here is NIA.

NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24.

7/n

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

Including ones that have already been awarded? That's cruel.

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

One of the modestly reassuring parts of the NIH story is that there was a "correction" period where grants got out the door faster than usual this summer, to try to make up for prior delays. People that submitted to AHRQ never got that correction.

Graph depicting numbers of projects funded by the NIA from October through September, with 2025 in red and gray reference lines for years 2021 through 2024. Projects funded for 2025 began to lag in February as the White House budget office froze federal grants. But starting in July, projects were funded at an accelerated pace, faster than what was done in prior years. There is an expected gap of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 projects funded for 2025 compared to prior years.

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

But it's not like I could've immediately repackage the proposal and ship it off to NIH by the June deadline. So I'm finally re-sending it to NIA in October. But that's 8 months lost, which is huge when my whole contract is designed around, "You should get a K award within 3 years of your hire date."

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

I know there's a lot of bad stuff going on and I'm not entitled to anything, but honestly I feel robbed by all of this. I submitted a K01 proposal to AHRQ in February, then had to wait to hear (secondhand) that the study section to review the proposal just didn't meet in May.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

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CEVR @tuftscevr.bsky.social · 8d

US commercial payers vary in how they cover cell and gene therapies, according to a new study of 541 coverage policies by Tufts-CEVR’s SPEC team. 52% of policies had restrictions beyond FDA label, often limiting access to patient subgroups or requiring step therapy.

Read at: tinyurl.com/5dwhv726

Variation in US Commercial Health Plan Coverage Restrictions for Cell and Gene Therapies

This Viewpoint examines variations in US commercial health plan coverage restrictions for cell and gene therapies.

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 8d

it wasn't supposed to be like this

Screengrab from my Gmail. An email from Shake Shack with subject "We've updated our Terms of Use" and first sentence, "Hey there, We wanted to let you know that we've made a few changes to our Shake Shack Terms of Use."

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 9d

Preview image of a heather gray t-shirt with blue font, inexplicably set against a field of sunflowers. The t-shirt has an anthropomorphic cartoon dog in a sailor outfit giving a peace with the text, "TOTAL INFORMATION COLLAPSE & THE END IF ALL CONSENSUS REALITY" and smaller text with "THE DAMAGE CANNOT BE UNDONE" underneath.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 9d

fewer than 1% of the human population will ever get to type a comeback as contextually devastating as this

Holy shit, I remember the backlash I got for appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks!

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swoon ganz @swoonganz.medsky.social · 13d

Only those victimized by clinical research will understand

A still from a TikTok video featuring a blond woman with long hair (Dr. G, M.D). The text reads:
Since everyone wants to “do their own research” these days, don’t forget to complete your CITI training modules!!

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Jennie🌷 @maobabie.com · 13d

It’s soup season!
#art

Illustration of little mice surrounding a soup pot making soup! The text reads “do not disturb.. I’m busy making soup”

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Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 13d

This is so funny if you're not a microcelebrity on this site. I'm as good as, "Possibly the worst blotch on Sonic's record."

Screenshot of my score from Bluefacts.app. I have a score of 3.2.

Screenshot of Metacritic page for Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U. It has a user score of 3.7 and a metascore of 32, just like me!

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 13d

One of those things that just makes you appreciate how difficult it is to really understand everything going on around you. That's a lot of birds.

Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 14d

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 14d

I must not be on the right mailing lists, thanks!

Alex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 14d

ahhhhh, what is this from?

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 14d

A new paper led by Harvard Health Policy PhD student Ye Shen finds that, in the current policy environment, more than six in ten kids will have been enrolled in Medicaid for some period of time by their 18th birthday; the program is absolutley critical for children.

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David-Dan Nguyen @dd-nguyen.bsky.social · 16d

In @jama.com, we identify a blind spot for FDA-listed AI/ML devices 🤖🔍

Over 90% have no reported manufacturer payments to clinicians or hospitals in Open Payments (US disclosure database)

As AI enters care, transparency can’t lag

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Payments by AI- and Machine Learning–Enabled Medical Device Manufacturers

This study examines the extent and nature of payments made to health care professionals and teaching hospitals by manufacturers of FDA-authorized AI- and machine learning–enabled devices.

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