Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPH

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Physician-Scientist | Prof of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz | Director of Science Programs at OCHIN | Health Equity Research | Mom of 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a few other warm furries | Views= mine, RT≠ endorse | she/her
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Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 27, 2022
My OCHIN Research colleague Dr. Annie Larson and OCHIN/OHSU coauthors published research about the disproportionately lower utilization of #telemedicine among rural communities. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(22)00342-7/fulltext
#healthequity #telehealth #healthequitymatters #healthequityresearch
Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 11, 2022
Gregg GonsalvesNov 11, 2022

What's happening to kids right now in the US is a catastrophe. And the response from our leaders, well, doesn't seem to be rising the challenge.

https://fortune.com/well/2022/11/08/tripledemic-sickening-kids-across-us-united-states-hospitals-get-creative-capacity-issues-pediatrics-covid-coronavirus-covid19-flu-rsv-ilis-influenza-capacity/

The ‘tripledemic’ is sickening kids across America and straining hospitals, as a gift shop turns into a triage room and a hospital exec helps out in the ER

“I can still pass out blankets and give popsicles to kids” in the ER, one hospital COO, a board certified urologist, told Fortune. “It allows nurses to do what they need to be able to do—nursing.”

Fortune
Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 11, 2022
Gregg GonsalvesNov 10, 2022
Really well done paper on universal masking in schools in New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029?query=featured_home
Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff | NEJM

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff

New England Journal of Medicine
Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 11, 2022
Scott Hadland, MD Nov 11, 2022

Posted this yest to Twitter but really found this study compelling & thought I'd share to #MedMastodon:

🚨 Rational gun laws save lives. New study shows laws in a state likely prevent deaths in neighboring states. Reasonable licensing laws had a strong potential protective effect.

Guns are the top cause of death in US kids. We need rational gun laws. This study shows we're all in this together.

Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2798210

Association of State-Level Firearm Deaths With Firearm Laws in Neighboring States

This cross-sectional study analyzes the interstate association of firearm-related deaths with firearm laws in contiguous states.

Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 7, 2022
Eric TopolNov 6, 2022
New report shows a significant ~25% reduction of #LongCovid associated with Paxlovid therapy, independent of prior vaccinated, boosted, prior infection or unvaccinated status
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.03.22281783v1
Marion Ruth Sills, MD, MPHNov 6, 2022

Intro with hashtags to help connect with others. I'm the Director of Science Programs—the investigator/scientist team—at OCHIN: a #healthequity research team in a #PBRN of #communityhealth centers. Professor of #pediatrics and #emergencymedicine at University of #Colorado Anschutz #medical Campus. I am leading/building a #HealthResearch team with a focus on #socialdeterminants of health and #structural #sdoh (#healthpolicy #SystemicRacism etc). Also engaged on #copolitics


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