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Differences in Confidence Levels in Eight Sources of Information between Rural and Urban Cancer Patients and Survivors [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Understanding health information seeking behavior is critical in providing effective interventions and improving quality of life for patients, especially for those facing complex health needs. The data was obtained from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey® (HINTS). Objectives. Conclusions.

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

GeriPal

And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months. It can’t be diagnosed and adios.

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The MAHA Assessment’s Implications: Drugs (Part One)

FDA Law Blog

Ordinarily, a public health initiative of such magnitude would have been governed by a transparent multi-step process featuring public meetings and drawing on external scientific expertise. In other words, as you read this, the Assessments findings and recommendations are getting baked into federal government policy, for better or worse.

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

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

But I think what we’re missing a lot of information on what Joe is talking about is just how much variation there is in that within both non-profit and for-profit, and I think these issues are coming up in non-profit hospices as well, and we just don’t have the data because the information is not reported to anybody.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. We can talk about the informal and the formal differences in expansion later. As Leonie is saying, there are some who are advocating that everyone should be informed of this as an option.

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

GeriPal

The results were that the chat bots got the diagnoses right and had an escalation strategy that was better than the doctors, as judged by blinded specialists reading the transcripts. It was specific to the relationship with the patient, the patient’s social context in which they might take this information. They had no idea.

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