#SGIM2011: Tweeting the Meeting: Why and How

Vinny Arora and I have written this piece for the 2011 SGIM meeting. We hope that you will follow the tweets and consider attending the meeting.

Why do we call complex comprehensive care primary?

We need to agree on a new nomenclature as the current nomenclature has perverted thought processes and therefore policy.

My “Thanksgiving Revolution” actually started October 1 this year, and I am going strong, averaging at least 5 days per week.

Perhaps that is how we can describe ourselves. This definitional problem continues to have an impact on our field. I wish it were not so.

I would go so far as to wish for one common EMR for the entire country. Patients would get better, less duplicative care.

I have written many times about this topic. The rationale for criminal penalties for marijuana do not pass several tests.

Perhaps accountable care organizations will be the answer to the question of how we can improve value. Perhaps …

The article reflects on the transformative third year of medical school, where students shift from learning theory to engaging.

What begins as a mass movement often devolves into a racket, cult, or corporation over time.

This strategy is not a strategy of death panels. This strategy makes explicit that TANSTAAFL is an important concept.