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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.” . Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? OT programs).

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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. So, it’s a building problem.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

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I think the AI can allow for that complexity but still provide some guidance. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering. Alex: I want to hear more use cases. There’s this epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.

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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? I started on YouTube specifically because, Julie probably knows this, but YouTube is actually the second-largest search engine after Google. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Julie: I have one.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

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Well, maybe they’re an engineer and understanding makes them feel rooted. So when we think about our learners, when we think about us as providers trying to assess coping and engage with coping, we always have to make sure that we’re thinking about multiple layers of context. There’s so many questions.

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

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At one end of the spectrum you can provide decision makers with information that doesn’t work very well in most contexts. Ultimately, it’s not a study of palliative care clinicians per se, but it’s a study of the construct of providing high quality palliative care. I think it’s good to place nudges in context.