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Samir Thaker

@samir_thaker
 philadelphia, pa
Joined March 2009
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Josh Kopelman
@joshk13 Oct 2015
Super excited that @StartupPHL has funded @Nucleus_life. Pre-order a Smart Home Intercom now! on.tcrn.ch/l/iFRU nucleuslife.com/
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Excited to announce this news!! Nucleus Raises $3.4M To Build A Smart Home Intercom on.tcrn.ch/l/qInO via @techcrunch
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And windmills. RT @phillynewsnow: Catholic League Says It Will Continue To Fight Against Same-Sex Marriages dlvr.it/3ZLy3C #philly
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol11 May 2013
Remember when gas stations were not self service? Think ahead to the future of medicine.....
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Jason Hwang@drjhwang19 Apr 2013
Brave analyses of anesthesiology's future: @KarenSibertMD ow.ly/keJ5f & Michael Hicks @EmCareInc ow.ly/keJ7q #InnoRx
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol14 Apr 2013
Doctors <-> Social Networks-great piece by @DShaywitz onforb.es/XAnmfn context 4 new guidelines @ACPinternists bit.ly/XAnEmp
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Replying to @rfjohnson77
.@rfjohnson77 Ok, lemme clarify. Of 600 cardiac units, less than 20% standardized best practices, but those ones had 17% lower death rate.
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YES: Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for interoperability between 10 popular construction toys bit.ly/xDzK4P
"Reverse Lake Wobegon effect: every hospital in country will tell you they have sickest patients." - @Marshall_allen #AHCJ13
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Bob Wachter
@Bob_Wachter3 Mar 2013
Per @MLMillenson: scandal's not #HITECH but MDs/hosptals failure to implement #healthIT w/o it tinyurl.com/cydg8d8 #TrajedyoftheCommons
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SCOTUS: ACA can't force states to expand Medicaid. Guvs to @nytimes: Yay. nyti.ms/KJwW5J But: they said this in 1965--and all joined.
Reluctance in Some States Over Medicaid Expansion (Published 2012)

Reluctance in Some States Over Medicaid Expansion (Published 2012)

Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states considered an option granted in the Supreme Court’s decision on the health care law.

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"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage." ~Arie du Geus #business #leadership
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"What's important now is how the health care sector will evolve...And here, there are grounds for optimism" mobile.nytimes.com/article?a…
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I have to buy health insurance just because I'm alive?! What's next? I have to buy auto insurance just because I drive everywhere??
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Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge | Techdirt j.mp/HFVaOV (via Instapaper)
Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge

Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge

You probably recall all the excitement that went around when a group finally won the big Netflix $1 million prize in 2009, improving Netflix’s recommendation algorithm by 10%. But what you mi…

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RT @dkberman: Remember this day. 551-day-old Instagram is worth $1 billion. 116-year-old New York Times Co.: $967 million.
"This is social policy in the richest nation in the history of the world." Young, pregnant, and suddenly quadriplegic. nyti.ms/I9f7vb
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$@mamagastra9 Apr 2012
MT “@ashishkjha: Great blog @harvardbiz Some of the best ideas for efficient care coming from low income countries. blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/sav…”
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Sofia@Chris_tinees1 Apr 2012
Death's Companion: Paperwork: nyti.ms/xkgogK
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