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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. Neil Baum, MD Perhaps you have been on an airplane and pulled down the tray only to find food scraps and coffee stains on the tray.

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

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This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. We didn’t make them communicate it, but we focused them on it, which makes them more likely to then utilize that information. Prior-auth forms? Examples of nudges, some based in health care, others in coffee.