Paul Sax

@PaulSaxMD · Boston, MA · joined 13 Apr 2009

Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, @CIDJournal editor, educator. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones.

60 124Followers

1 586Following

6 259Posts total

85.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD5 Sep

Writing about football (the American version) again. Yeah, I do that from time to time. 🤷🏻‍♂️ @NEJM 1.6K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD4 Sep

A new chronic traumatic encephalopathy study won’t change football overnight, writes @PaulSaxMD in a new NEJM Voices blog post, but it may inform the conversation parents have about whether their kids should play it. Learn more and sign up for email alerts: https://t.co/n28QbQS 22.5K views · 33 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD2 Sep

Despite the small size of this randomized trial, immediate use of injectable CAB and RPV was more effective than oral ART in PWH who have adherence-related viremia. @CIDJournal Link in first reply https://t.co/d6Sw0aTmqy 3.6K views · 26 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD26 Aug

so why do we have to put up with this nonsense? does anyone in @HeyEpic care what the clinician user interface is like? 11.6K views · 34 likes · 1 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD25 Aug

@PaulSaxMD Perhaps the strangest part is not that “viral endocarditis” appears first, but that acute, subacute, chronic, and unspecified all map to B33.21. The system demands a distinction it does not retain. Is there a better example of false precision in medicine? 204 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD25 Aug

@PaulSaxMD Whatever the reason for the changes in icd 10 needing so many details , it’s not working. Especially because epic won’t even let you review your note when it prompts you for things like left/right and all the other details, I hope people know that stuff is all wrong 1.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD25 Aug

@PaulSaxMD I hate it when the patient has viral endocarditis. The crp doesn't go down no matter how much pip tazo I give. 2.1K views · 48 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD25 Aug

When you enter "endocarditis" in our epic system, these are the *first* default diagnoses that pop up since "endocarditis" alone isn't sufficiently specific for billing. Who designed this system, and what did they thing "viral endocarditis" was when they listed it first? https:// 34.4K views · 94 likes · 1 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Paul Sax@PaulSaxMD21 Aug

Easily could be a Monty Python skit Right @JohnCleese? 8.8K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

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9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views3 601this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.99%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.43%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 601	924	3.90×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.99%	3.62%	1.65×
Engagement rate	0.43%	1.52%	0.28×

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