Healthcare Allocation Lab
@hcalab.bsky.social
Led by PI @wfparker.bsky.social at UChicago, our lab designs ethical algorithms to improve equity in the allocation of absolutely scarce healthcare resources. X: @healthallocate. Website: https://voices.uchicago.edu/healthallocate/
Check out Lazenby et al. pub in
@jhlt.bsky.social "Development of a risk score predicting survival after adult heart transplantation in the United States." Our multivariable risk score outperformed existing models in predicting 1-year post-transplant survival. www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
@jhlt.bsky.social "Development of a risk score predicting survival after adult heart transplantation in the United States." Our multivariable risk score outperformed existing models in predicting 1-year post-transplant survival. www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
Development of a risk score predicting survival after adult heart transplantation in the United States
In the US, donor hearts for transplant are currently allocated to the candidates with
the highest risk of death on the waiting list, based on a categorical status-based
system. The upcoming continuous...
www.jhltonline.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Check out Lazenby et al. pub in
@jhlt.bsky.social "Development of a risk score predicting survival after adult heart transplantation in the United States." Our multivariable risk score outperformed existing models in predicting 1-year post-transplant survival. www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
@jhlt.bsky.social "Development of a risk score predicting survival after adult heart transplantation in the United States." Our multivariable risk score outperformed existing models in predicting 1-year post-transplant survival. www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
Congrats to med student Alex Wang on 1st author pub in
@amjtransplant.bsky.social: The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Estimated association of 4 place-based disadvantage indices w/ transplant, death. www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
@amjtransplant.bsky.social: The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Estimated association of 4 place-based disadvantage indices w/ transplant, death. www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation
US heart transplant candidates from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities have
lower access to transplants. The place-based disadvantage index that best captures
this disparity is still unknown....
www.amjtransplant.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Congrats to med student Alex Wang on 1st author pub in
@amjtransplant.bsky.social: The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Estimated association of 4 place-based disadvantage indices w/ transplant, death. www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
@amjtransplant.bsky.social: The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Estimated association of 4 place-based disadvantage indices w/ transplant, death. www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
Read our latest pub by former med student Stratton Tolmie: Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation | JACC: Heart Failure www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Policy change led to ^ survival benefit of transplants & transplantation rates.
Policy change led to ^ survival benefit of transplants & transplantation rates.
Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation:
www.jacc.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Read our latest pub by former med student Stratton Tolmie: Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation | JACC: Heart Failure www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Policy change led to ^ survival benefit of transplants & transplantation rates.
Policy change led to ^ survival benefit of transplants & transplantation rates.
Thanks for the shoutout! Our lab is proud to be part of such a stellar team of critical care experts. Learn more about the CLIF Consortium here: clif-consortium.github.io/website/
March 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks for the shoutout! Our lab is proud to be part of such a stellar team of critical care experts. Learn more about the CLIF Consortium here: clif-consortium.github.io/website/
Congrats to our med student Stratton Tolmie on his first first-author paper in JHLT! Team found heart transplant candidates better stratified into highest priority status by medical acuity in post- '18 policy period (ie higher survival benefit of tx). www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
Association of the 2018 US Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation
Purpose: To determine if there is a significant improvement in survival benefit of
scarce donor hearts as a result of the 2018 US heart allocation system policy change.
www.jhltonline.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Congrats to our med student Stratton Tolmie on his first first-author paper in JHLT! Team found heart transplant candidates better stratified into highest priority status by medical acuity in post- '18 policy period (ie higher survival benefit of tx). www.jhltonline.org/article/S105...
Check out our latest publication with the CLIF Consortium in
Intensive Care Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CLIF developed a Common Longitudinal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) data Format (CLIF), an open-source database format to harmonize EHR data necessary to study critical illness.
Intensive Care Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CLIF developed a Common Longitudinal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) data Format (CLIF), an open-source database format to harmonize EHR data necessary to study critical illness.
A common longitudinal intensive care unit data format (CLIF) for critical illness research - Intensive Care Medicine
Rationale Critical illness threatens millions of lives annually. Electronic health record (EHR) data are a source of granular information that could generate crucial insights into the nature and optim...
link.springer.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Check out our latest publication with the CLIF Consortium in
Intensive Care Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CLIF developed a Common Longitudinal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) data Format (CLIF), an open-source database format to harmonize EHR data necessary to study critical illness.
Intensive Care Medicine: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CLIF developed a Common Longitudinal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) data Format (CLIF), an open-source database format to harmonize EHR data necessary to study critical illness.
Outstanding @nytimes.com and Brian Rosenthal article meticulously documenting dramatic rise in the rate of skipping patients on the organ transplant waitlist (“out of sequence allocation”).
This unethical practice undermines trust in the system. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This unethical practice undermines trust in the system. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Outstanding @nytimes.com and Brian Rosenthal article meticulously documenting dramatic rise in the rate of skipping patients on the organ transplant waitlist (“out of sequence allocation”).
This unethical practice undermines trust in the system. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This unethical practice undermines trust in the system. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Please join FASPE and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics for their joint symposium "Business and Medical Ethics: Ensuring the Primacy of Patient Care" featuring keynote speaker @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social - Saturday March 8th at the Gleacher Center. Register: www.faspe-ethics.org/symposium/
Business and Medical Ethics: Ensuring the Primacy of Patient Care | FASPE
www.faspe-ethics.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Please join FASPE and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics for their joint symposium "Business and Medical Ethics: Ensuring the Primacy of Patient Care" featuring keynote speaker @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social - Saturday March 8th at the Gleacher Center. Register: www.faspe-ethics.org/symposium/
Check out this JAMA pub by @ginapiscitello.bsky.social
Erin DeMartino MD & MacLean asst. dir. @wfparker.bsky.social - "Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Erin DeMartino MD & MacLean asst. dir. @wfparker.bsky.social - "Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
This Viewpoint discusses addressing inadequate documentation of unilateral do-not-resuscitate orders in the electronic health record.
jamanetwork.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Check out this JAMA pub by @ginapiscitello.bsky.social
Erin DeMartino MD & MacLean asst. dir. @wfparker.bsky.social - "Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Erin DeMartino MD & MacLean asst. dir. @wfparker.bsky.social - "Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Reposted by Healthcare Allocation Lab
Patients need AIs that provide life-saving clinical decision support to their doctors.
Patients don't need AIs that scour clinical documentation looking for ways to charge them more
Patients don't need AIs that scour clinical documentation looking for ways to charge them more
December 23, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Patients need AIs that provide life-saving clinical decision support to their doctors.
Patients don't need AIs that scour clinical documentation looking for ways to charge them more
Patients don't need AIs that scour clinical documentation looking for ways to charge them more
Reposted by Healthcare Allocation Lab
@wfparker.bsky.social opening our panel on clinical algorithmic fairness at the 36th annual MacLean Center conference.
November 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM
@wfparker.bsky.social opening our panel on clinical algorithmic fairness at the 36th annual MacLean Center conference.