A new stidy from Jeremy Sussman & colleagues sheds new light on the key role that #primarycare providers play in #cardiovascular risk factor management.

It also suggests that many with higher risks aren't getting care often enough: ihpi.umich.edu/news/want-cut-…

Important work with Pitt General Internal Medicine faculty showing that medications for alcohol use disorder started in hospital leads to improved outcomes.

Patients with addiction deserve rigorous evidence

We hope this article is helpful to others seeking to update and strengthen the evidence base around medications for opioid use disorder

Housing ends homelessness. The upcoming landmark #SCOTUS case, Johnson v. Grants Pass, poses a crucial question: Do we address #homelessness with punishment or support?

Visit johnsonvgrantspass.com to learn more.

I am THRILLED to announce the first public version of the MN EHR Consortium Health Trends Across Communities Dashboard! Our new dashboard reports rates of health conditions at the census tract level across MN. Check it out today!

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1/ 🚨📰💡 NEW in American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) w/Eugenia (Gina) South, MD MS, Keven Cabrera, Tyler Winkelman MD MSc, Aditi Vasan

We highlight how children exposed to #neighborhoodviolence have worse mental health, ⬆️ acute care utilization, and ⬆️ unmet physical & mental health care needs.
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Excellent new work by Kate Diaz Vickery MD, MSc on developing a behavioral activation based treatment to support diabetes management among those experiencing homelessness. frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

Proud to see this paper in print. Shout it from the rooftops - in real world data MOUD (methadone & buprenorphine) reduce overdose risk and non-MOUD addiction treatments (inpatient, detox) do not. MOUD should always be first line for people with severe OUD. Yale Program in Addiction Medicine

New article reveals how #EHR data has the power to help public health officials detect trends in #SubstanceUse –related hospital and ED visits in near real time. Learn about the MN model in Tyler Winkelman MD MSc of hhrinstitute & Hennepin Healthcare + coauthor’s paper. bit.ly/47HIhn4

This time tomorrow, Colin & Tyler Winkelman MD MSc will be presenting their findings from a recent analysis of Minnesota's #COVIDVaccination rates, using a unique dataset gathered by the MN EHR Consortium.

There's still time to register and join them! 👇
shadac.org/publications/M…

Hennepin County MN has the right approach to data sharing, enabling near real-time monitoring of drug-related healthcare use, including monitoring racial inequities in substance-related complications.

A pleasure to collaborate with Tyler Winkelman MD MSc Hennepin Healthcare Health Affairs

Leveraging local data to inform policy. A collaboration of 11 MN health systems aggregates EHR data each month through a distributed data model. Important work led by the great Tyler Winkelman MD MSc Hennepin Healthcare
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In just a few weeks, SHADAC Senior Researcher Colin & Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab/hhrinstitute Co-Director & #MNEHRConsortium President Tyler Winkelman MD MSc will share findings from a recent collaborative study on MN #CovidVaccine rates in a webinar.

Register now!
umn.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Whether it’s weight loss drugs, genetic testing, or other novel therapies with high/sustained costs, in a largely employer-based health insurance system w/ frequent coverage changes, dynamic incentive misalignment often bears out …

The research also will rely on the new MN EHR Consortium which links medical records from clinics and hospitals to identify trends. The consortium's first project earlier this year was a near real-time dashboard of drug-related ER visits in Hennepin County.

NEW: The next boosters may miss many of those most at risk. “We’ve gone back to the old way, recreating the conditions in which inequities are possible,” says APHA director Georges Benjamin.

📝: Amy Maxmen, PhD kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

Congratulations to Drs. Kate Diaz Vickery MD, MSc, Rose Hyson, and Andrew Busch, PhD from Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab and Hennepin Healthcare for winning Best Poster Award!
#LHS2023

Tyler Winkelman MD MSc said outreach of the intensity of 2021 is needed again. In Minnesota, just 8% of incarcerated people in jails and 11% in prisons have gotten last year’s booster, according to analyses of electronic health records by the MN EHR Consortium

Treatment setting matters! SEICHE Center collaborators found that people with criminal legal involvement, housing instability, and Medicaid insurance were more likely to receive substance use treatment in places with less medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) availability.

Using EHR data, we identified racial & ethnic disparities at multiple points in the addiction medicine consultation process at a safety-net hospital. Reducing disparities in consultation service use may decrease disparities in #MOUD access Tyler Winkelman MD MSc rdcu.be/djbFD