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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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The events are conditions that’ll be set into place unless some active choice to the contrary is chosen. We didn’t make them communicate it, but we focused them on it, which makes them more likely to then utilize that information. You’re a little bit different from an electronic prompt and a lot more expensive.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. Additionally, in case patients didn’t step up, we did have sort of events where they were scheduled to see palliative care. Jennifer 04:25 I can take that on.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. It’s a healthcare crisis, it’s lack of tenant protections, death of a spouse. This is reaching the highest utilizers with a wraparound suite of services. We’ve also talked to a lot of older adults who have been living with a parent.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

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So sharing one electronic health record, but three separate hospitals within them. Alex: How about reaffirm the patient’s code status and surrogate decision maker is the patient’s daughter and that the pulse as stated in the electronic record is accurate, sort of confirming what was already there? Erin: Correct. Eric: Okay.