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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Not the most common circumstances that people with serious illness face where attention and understanding of what my goals and values are. Alex: And, they were talking about how they were so annoyed because they felt like they got called so frequently by companies trying to sell them electronic wheelchairs.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

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And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And he’s a professional Uber driver for his daughter’s softball games.[laughter] Alex: National POLST Collaborative.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. They were seriously ill and had a chance to get to know. What words to use? Is the POLST useful? Under what circumstances?

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Kate: So it was an embedded alert in the electronic health record and they just clicked those two answers very quickly. Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness. Eric: And how did you do that? Alex: We had you on just recently, the podcast. Kate: Sounds right.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

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Today we discuss a new paper in JAMA that tests a stripped down version of the clinician only facing intervention in a pragmatic randomized trial for older adults with serious illness and those 80+. Eric and I also reflect on the podcast Randy generously did with us on his experience living with and studying serious illness.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. Alex 02:44 Still suffering from some illness from there, which is why I was sick and not in the office with Eric today. Outcomes are typically assessed from available records.