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

GeriPal

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? Corita 09:39 Yeah, so we used the electronic health record, I think, in support. And so we did a similar intervention but using electronic means.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck have no relationships to disclose. That’s why we did it.

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

GeriPal

It was specific to the relationship with the patient, the patient’s social context in which they might take this information. I think a lot of back office function, predicting ER loads and OR loads to do better scheduling of staff. That’s a risk with electronic health records in general. Bob: It’s not bad.

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