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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I don’t like this anymore.” Alex: Great story.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive.

IT 102
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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Mike, you’re nodding your head no. Mike: Scale is a business concept. What does that look like?

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

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Why focus on the public rather than other health care providers? How do they deal with professional barriers and the barrage of comments? He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care. I do think other healthcare providers need to learn about this.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

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It’s great that saying this patient has these symptoms in a conversation that’s very long, but then it actually may volunteer saying, “I think this symptom is from this medication or it could be from the,” and I didn’t even ask for that. Alex: I want to hear more use cases. I got another question for you, Matt.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

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It’s amazing how often when we’re taking care of somebody in the hospital, if you have Say, you know, a family member who is not showing up for visits with the medical team or who is. It’s not in the capacities of what we can do medically. Well, maybe they’re an engineer and understanding makes them feel rooted.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. And where I’m going with this is even if … Or patient-centered medical home, patient-centered care, right?