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Tweetcap: AMA, Permanente Federation host chat on safely reopening country during COVID-19 pandemic
On Thursday, the American Medical Association (AMA) and The Permanente Federation co-hosted a tweet chat, “Clinical Perspectives on Safely Reopening America,” which generated an online conversation centered on a path for safely steering Americans through the COVID-19 pandemic and toward a return to normalcy.
Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of the Federation, was a featured panelist for the tweet chat. He was joined by Patrice Harris, MD, president of the AMA, and Danielle Allen, Harvard University professor and director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Audience members were invited to join in the conversation using the hashtag #SuppressCOVID.
Good morning from California! Looking forward to the #SuppressCOVID chat with @patriceharrismd and @dsallentess as we discuss how to safely reopen the country with our patients’ health at the center. @permanentedocs @amermedicalassn
— Stephen Parodi, MD (@StephenParodiMD) April 30, 2020
Hi! Dr. Patrice Harris here, president of @AmerMedicalAssn. Excited for a great discussion today. #SuppressCOVID
— Dr. Patrice Harris (@PatriceHarrisMD) April 30, 2020
Glad to be here too! #SuppressCOVID #HowWeReopen #TTSI https://t.co/DSHjY7cySQ
— Danielle Allen (@dsallentess) April 30, 2020
Dr. Parodi, who also serves as an associate executive director with The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California, shared key insights on battles presently being fought on the front lines and what lies ahead with combating COVID-19…
Suppression is returning to targeted containment of #COVID19. We’ll use a combination of community prevention strategies, population health monitoring tools, and delivery system transformation to ensure that the disease is well managed and reopen society. #SuppressCOVID https://t.co/L1MavXIhRN
— Stephen Parodi, MD (@StephenParodiMD) April 30, 2020
[A4] Surgeons are evaluating the case backlog and prioritize using established guidelines to restart safely and sustainably. It’s ideal to have a preop testing protocol. We only want to consider elective surgeries when it’s safe for patients and care teams #SuppressCOVID https://t.co/UuzmPG6oV3
— Stephen Parodi, MD (@StephenParodiMD) April 30, 2020
Care transformation will require aggressive testing, community health, care at home, ongoing community surge, and addressing the “surge” of normal/routine care.#suppressCOVID https://t.co/bOUlm3qVCy
— Stephen Parodi, MD (@StephenParodiMD) April 30, 2020
…Dr. Harris and Allen also offered their input on topics that have been top of mind for many Americans…
A2: Two key elements that needs to be in place are fully resourced hospitals and a health care workforce. Further, health systems can play a role by communicating their current status and ability to handle #COVID19 cases. #SuppressCOVID https://t.co/vGGQotVbRD
— Dr. Patrice Harris (@PatriceHarrisMD) April 30, 2020
#SuppressCOVID The biggest challenge is that we need to broaden testing beyond the intensively symptomatic, and even beyond the mildly symptomatic. 20-40% of infectious carriers are asymptomatic. We need to find them with routine testing in high exposure contacts. And then trace.
— Danielle Allen (@dsallentess) April 30, 2020
A4: Returning to elective surgery during the #COVID19 pandemic will depend on your local situation relative to:
➡️ prevalence of cases
➡️ availability or scarcity of resources (including #PPE)
➡️ ICU beds
➡️ respirators
➡️ personnel #SuppressCOVID https://t.co/EbxKmke0VH— Dr. Patrice Harris (@PatriceHarrisMD) April 30, 2020
…the discussion sparked responses from other physicians in the audience, who lent their unique perspectives on COVID-19 response…
2/2 I’ve enjoyed benefits of video visits: listening to their concerns and examining them by being able to see them breathe, look at a rash or injury, etc. All without dragging them into the clinic.
And always knowing I am able to see them in clinic when able! #SuppressCOVID— Kate Land, MD (@KPkiddoc) April 30, 2020
Effective contact tracing and individual privacy protections are not mutually exclusive. Must prioritize both. #SuppressCOVID https://t.co/b6HGO4z3Jm
— Michael S. Sinha MD, JD, MPH (@DrSinhaEsq) April 30, 2020
yes, I (and many of my colleagues) would argue doctors have a professional duty to correct false information wherever and whenever they see it, social media included! #suppresscovid @ETSshow @drjessigold @darakass @MDaware @DrSinhaEsq @DrJRMarcelin @alikhan28 @ShikhaJainMD https://t.co/DBtg4SC5GF
— Vinny (#testtracetreat) Arora MD MAPP (@FutureDocs) April 30, 2020
…it was an opportunity for many pressing questions to be asked and answered…
Excited to learn about what we mean by disease suppression and how it will work for COVID-19 from the perspectives of @StephenParodiMD @patriceharrismd @dsallentess #SuppressCOVID
— Laura Evenson (@LauraEvenson2) April 30, 2020
A2 A3 #suppressCOVID @StephenParodiMD many people still are not aware that testing is much more widely available now than even 2 weeks ago. How do we get the word out? Should doctors be correcting false information on social media?
— Lilly Chen (@LillyC507) April 30, 2020
#SuppressCOVID Yes! We’re proud to be working w/ @RepHoulahan & @RepBera in the House & Sen. @ChrisCoons (& many others) to mobilize Americans into #nationalservice through @AmeriCorps to support public health agencies with contact tracing. Happy to share more if interested!
— Service Year (@ServiceYear) April 30, 2020
…and, at the end of the tweet chat, the moderators and speakers were grateful for the opportunity to shed light on a subject that is impacting everybody right now…
Ok that wraps up today’s #SuppressCOVID chat! Thank you for the excellent discussion and a big thank you from your moderators to our featured participants, @dsallentess, @PatriceHarrisMD and @StephenParodiMD, from your moderators!
— AMA (@AmerMedicalAssn) April 30, 2020
Echoing @AmerMedicalAssn thank you to all that joined our #SuppressCOVID chat + contributed to the discussion around this important topic. Many thanks to our featured participants for your expertise, @dsallentess, @PatriceHarrisMD and @StephenParodiMD! https://t.co/zsfSR4LxvF
— PermanenteDoctors (@PermanenteDocs) April 30, 2020
See the full string of the #SuppressCOVID conversation on Twitter here.
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