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

GeriPal

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? 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. No difference.

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

GeriPal

Because I remember there was an article maybe six months ago in JAGS, maybe it was longer than that, everybody was talking about ChatGPT-3.5, And our point, in this article, is that it’s an inherently unsafe system because humans suck at that. That’s a risk with electronic health records in general.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the contents credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A powerful heat dome is trapping scorching air and humidity across the Eastern U.S., bringing life‑threatening conditions through midweek.

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