BACK of the BOOK
Heard in the Blogosphere
ASH
@ASH_hematology
The ASH Committee on Scientific Affairs is at @NIH to
discuss priorities for scientific research
North Texas Myeloma Support Group leader
@NorthTxMSG
Presenters at major clinical conferences such as @asco
@ASH_hematology should be required to have a social
media handle. #socialmedia #mmsm
Pascal Meier, MD, Editor-in-Chief of BMJ
@pascalmeier74
Where in the world do scientists do the most copying-andpasting? #Plagiarism #science
Katie Orrico
@KatieOrrico
#SGR by the numbers: 207 months; 1 cut; 17 patches at a
cost of $169 billion; roll call vote number 144; 484 votes
for repeal
Robert Wah, MD
@RobertWahMD
Let’s not call it a doc fix. We fixed Medicare – not doctors.
#SGR
ASH
Making Science Accessible
“It’s going to take real partnership and working together across the community to help us address
the great health-care challenges that our country is facing. The responsibility of the surgeon general
is to make sure that the public has access to science and access to it in a way that is understandable
and that is applicable to their everyday lives.”
—Recently confirmed U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, discussing his approach to
the position on NPR’s “Weekend Edition”
@ASH_hematology
We are excited to be in #Cartagena for Highlights of ASH
in Latin America! #HOA15
Radically Rethinking Medical Education
“Our long-standing medical education model is attacked as out of tune with the information age
… Many times I’ve seen patients and found the tools I was trained to use aren’t nearly enough to
provide help. No physical exam or X-ray can find a homeless person a bed. No lab test or medication
can provide a laid-off worker with job training or education.”
—John Henning Schumann, MD, interim president of the
University of Oklahoma, on NPR’s “Shots” health-care blog
“We need to