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

GeriPal

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. But I think then the other factor in this that makes it complicated is the decision for someone in Manhattan might be very different than the decision for someone in, like, rural Wyoming. Is this our role?

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret. They were more likely to have a major inpatient surgical complication. She falls and breaks her hip.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Rethinking Automation and Inequity in Healthcare [link] [link] [link] MD Calc approach to inclusion of race [link] —— Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence. This is Eric Widera. Alex: I want to hear more use cases.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? But I mean, I would also add that not all of the responses to the PGA, and to the provider part that is completed, are coming from the patient. So there is no paper and pencil at all.

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

GeriPal

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. We weren’t randomizing providers or patients. Corita 09:39 Yeah, so we used the electronic health record, I think, in support. Yeah, that’s a more complicated story.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

The model is predominantly physicians, advanced practice providers. We needed to build the relationships and trust and really provide a really good example of the value of palliative care outside of end of life care and advanced care planning. Jennifer: I think it’s such a complicated question.

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