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After a decade of growth, we’re now the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Institute for Evidence, Innovation, and Policy.
The Institute's centers will bring together bold ideas, rigorous science, and clinical expertise to improve people’s health and lives.
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The Smith Institute will be at #TCT2026! Will we see you in San Diego?
Check out our full schedule here: smithinstitute.bidmc.org/eve…
@rwyeh @EricSecemskyMD @PrakritiGaba @ChristinaLalani @HHLeeMD
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🧠 Can AI improve how we assess diastolic dysfunction? In a new @JACCJournals editorial, @n_spetko, @DineshKalra and @docstrom explore how deep learning could enhance heart failure risk assessment. 📄bit.ly/4stBWHP
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Halloween in the Health Policy Pit @SmithBIDMC 🎃
@ThomasBasala wrote a poem with a verse for every person on our team - grants by moonlight, parallel trends at midnight, and my search for Sour Patch Kids.
Lucky to work with this incredible group!
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🚨Don't miss your chance to apply for the Zimetbaum Fellowship!
The fellowship is a one-year, full-time research training program with dedicated mentorship and opportunities to lead high-impact research
Applications are due FRIDAY, 10/30 🔗 bit.ly/4jTQLkw
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🆕in @JournalGIM: NO observable change in medical debt among the privately insured following the No Surprises Act
Zimetbaum Fellow Marcos Gomez Ambriz et al. find that the NSA’s impact on medical debt has yet to materialize 🔗doi.org/10.1007/s11606-026-1…
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Congratulations to @EssaMJ90 on an excellent BIDMC Cardiology Grand Rounds presentation, “Medicare GLP-1 Bridge: A New Pathway to Coverage.” A timely and engaging look at policy innovation and improving patient access to care.
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More and more cardiovascular diagnoses in Medicare Advantage are made during insurer in-home visits. Patients diagnosed there are less likely to be treated.
Medicare pays more for many of these diagnoses. Whether patients benefit is less clear.
New in @AnnalsofIM
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Advancing conversations in cardiovascular imaging at the Global CEUS Masterclass 2026 in Munich 🌍
@DocStrom will speak on current and future applications of echocardiography as part of this international gathering of ultrasound experts.
@efsumb_kosmos #CEUS
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We are thrilled to announce the Center for Surgical and Medical Intelligence at the Smith Institute! Led by @AdamRodmanMD and @bratogram, the Center will advance the science & capabilities of #ArtificialIntelligence in medicine & surgery: bilh.org/about/news-and-stor…
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How have in-home HRAs changed the diagnosis and treatment of CV conditions?
Watch Center for Health Policy investigator @AndrewSOseran explain the major takeaways from his new study with @LiuMichaelMD et al.
Read the full paper in @AnnalsofIM🔗 doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-26-01…
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Diagnoses of CV conditions have⬆️during in-home health risk assessments for MA beneficiaries
But treatment rates after HRA-based diagnoses still lag behind hospital- or office-based diagnoses
New from @AndrewOseran and @LiuMichaelMD et al in @AnnalsofIM🔗doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-26-01…
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New in @AnnalsofIM with @AndrewOseran and @rkwadhera: We find that Medicare Advantage home visits now account for a growing share of cardiovascular diagnoses, but treatment after these diagnoses is not keeping up.
🔗: acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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Health Policy in Motion: From Rigorous Evidence to Real-World Impact - Watch recent #BIDMC CV grand rounds by @SmithBIDMC Director @rkwadhera & @BIDMCVFellows @prihatha piped.video/eKYbqc9gMnY?si=fNNk…
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Final call!📣
We’ve extended the deadline for the Zimetbaum Fellowship to October 30th!
Are you a med student/resident interested in health outcomes research, health policy, population sciences, or medical technology evaluation? Learn more and apply ➡️bit.ly/4jTQLkw
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Huge congrats to our first year cardiology fellow @PeterBrodeurMD, @AdamRodmanMD & the @Google team on the first prospective study of a patient-facing AI system in a real clinic published in @TheLancet!!! @SmithBIDMC @BidmcCvi
Our medical research system, AMIE, is the first patient-facing conversational diagnostic tool of its kind to be studied prospectively in a real-world clinical setting.
In a study, published today in @TheLancet, we found that when patients chatted with AMIE before an in-person appointment, the interaction built their confidence and helped them organize their thoughts. And physicians who reviewed the information from the patient conversation got more time back to focus on collaborative care and shared decision-making instead of digging through data.
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New study evaluating the impact of Medicare Advantage on patients with HF from @AndrewOseran @rkwadhera is now out in print! 🎉
Read the article + thoughtful accompanying editorial from @kejoynt @kofi_larry in @JCardFail ➡️tinyurl.com/3zmvsc7k
MA beneficiaries with heart failure experience more trouble affording care & meds than those in traditional Medicare.
As MA enrollment grows for people living with heart failure, affordability matters.
New in @JCardFail @AndrewOseran @rkwadhera et al.
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🚨 The deadline for the Zimetbaum Fellowship is in 1 week!
Are you a med student or resident interested in health outcomes research, health policy, population sciences, or medical technology evaluation? Apply for the Zimetbaum Fellowship 10/16
🔗 bit.ly/3IyQR0t
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Huge congrats to @AdamRodmanMD, @PeterBrodeurMD & the @Google team on the first prospective study of a patient-facing AI system in a real clinic in @TheLancet
AI can improve care, but rigorous evaluation has to be built in. More to come soon from Adam, Peter @SmithBIDMC
Today @TheLancet published our AMIE study with @BIDMC_Medicine, the first prospective study of patient-facing conversational diagnostics in a real clinic.
AMIE is a research system people can chat with before doctors appointments. Testing AMIE outside the lab with real urgent care patients showed how technology can help gather medical histories safely. Clinicians reported that the summaries helped them prepare for visits in 75% of cases and influenced their approach to care in more than half. AMIE’s differential diagnoses also matched the doctors’ final diagnoses 90% of the time giving clinicians more time to focus on patient care.
It’s Google’s first-ever paper in The Lancet’s main journal!
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✈️Attending #ECHOAsia2026?
Catch sessions with @DocStrom on TR assessment, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, and the latest @ASE360 chamber quantification updates. Serving as both speaker and chair, Dr. Strom will share practical insights for clinicians and #EchoFirst labs.
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