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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

This may cause you to question the airline’s attention to details like engine maintenance or losing passenger’s luggage. All the staff agreed that it was not a representation of the care we provide our patients. I gathered my staff and asked if they would feel comfortable using this restroom in its current condition.

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

GeriPal

This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. At one end of the spectrum you can provide decision makers with information that doesn’t work very well in most contexts. Prior-auth forms? Examples of nudges, some based in health care, others in coffee.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Anna Pleet is an internal medicine resident at Allegheny Health Network who has a collection of amazing YouTube videos on aging and the Mediterranean diet. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Great to be here.

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