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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

There’s an article about her in New York Times. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. But it seems very apropos to the topic. Soo 01:37 It’s a little obvious. Anna 01:38 Yeah. Alex 01:38 And I love that Sarah McLaughlin’s having a comeback.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. Corita 09:39 Yeah, so we used the electronic health record, I think, in support. And so we did a similar intervention but using electronic means. But yeah, it’s complicated.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And for this podcast in particular, both Bill and Louise wrote articles that we’re going to be discussing particular patient cases. So while you don’t have to, we’re gonna summarize these articles. If you have a chance to read those articles before you listen to this podcast, I highly recommend that you do.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

It’s not a new debate but has gathered steam at least in palliative care circles since Sean Morrisons published a JPM article titled “ Advance Directives/Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong.” And I think the advanced planning debate is really a question of, how do we help this very complicated situation? We see how hard it is.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

Prior authorization mostly happens behind the scenes, almost always electronically, and nearly all requests are quickly, or even instantly, approved. In late May and early June, she said, he spent five days in the hospital after developing heart and lung complications. For most patients, though, the process works seamlessly.