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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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Just out of fellowship, Naheed built a palliative care program for homeless persons called the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program. He’s the founder and leader of the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless program in Toronto, Palliative care physician at St. Naheed 07:33 Yeah.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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He uses comics and other artwork to share his experiences in palliative care and educate others about topics like empathy and communication skills. And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. That blew my mind.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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I think a lot of back office function, predicting ER loads and OR loads to do better scheduling of staff. Patients now have a question for the health system, the next available appointment to see the doctor is three months from now, and there’s this little button on the top that says, “Send a message to your healthcare team.”

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