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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

That put me in the emergency room. I actually do some consulting work with a company called the Farmstand that’s based in a community called the Villages in Florida. After I asked many people how many used it, and I would say less than one in ten were willing to talk to their healthcare provider. David 12:34 Yeah.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Check out some of their recent work, including: Dr. Holt-Lunstad’s and Dr. Perissinotto’s powerful perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine which provides a clinical framework for addressing loneliness and social isolation. I think I feel more comfortable as a provider in trying to support people in their isolation.

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

GeriPal

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. So if you are sick, I really encourage you, just take the time off. Eric: Yeah.

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AI for surrogate decision making?!? Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Teva Brender

GeriPal

Ill end this intro with a quote from Deb Grady in an editors commentary to our thought piece in JAMA Internal Medicine about this topic: Voice technology that creates a searchable database of patients every encounter with a health care professional? Using data from wearable devices, internet searches, and purchasing history?

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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

Physician's Weekly

Also, the bill would curtail taxes that nearly every state levies on providers to help draw down billions in additional federal money, which generally leads to more money for hospitals. “They’ll do anything to see it stay open and provide good quality care to their neighbors, family members,” he said.

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