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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

My take, and extrapolation, is that there are three reasons why healthcare has failed to evolve in usefulness of both our product (the care we deliver) and our technology (our EMRs), our customer centeredness and the value/cost relationship of the services we provide. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I just listened to the one on national cancer care that we’re doing, which was very informative and pretty impressive. The second thing that is different is access to information. The patient reached out to me and asked what I thought or recommended because I had built that relationship with that patient, I had built that trust.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence. Charlotta: Yeah, I think it will be in reducing the need to spend so many hours on documentation and looking through the EHR for information. The information there and you limit it in that way. This is Eric Widera. Eric: Please respond.

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

GeriPal

And it’s with this information from the geriatric assessment that we can really create interventions, and so that’s something that Alex and I strongly believe that we should move forward with. We have the chemo talks tool posted, so people can go there and click and immediately get the information about this. John: Right.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Is that because they have higher rates of chronic conditions like diabetes, coronary disease, tobacco use, things like that, or is there something else that’s going on? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt have no relationships to disclose.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

He was a terrible diabetic. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck have no relationships to disclose. He did have a habit of drinking a bit and drank quite a bit. His hands were gone.

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

This research can inform future beach safety strategies and educational initiatives." More information: Buly A Cardak et al, The safety actions of surfers in Victoria, Australia: Assessing the impact of water safety and first aid training, Safety Science (2025). The content is provided for information purposes only.