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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

Life happens fast, and sometimes, so do medical issues. These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. That’s where urgent care comes in—a middle ground that’s convenient, affordable, and effective.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. I’ve been running a medical storytelling program called the Nocturnus.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Then, it was like, well, it does as well as, and now, better than humans passing the medical boards, passing the law boards, doing great on the SAT, all that stuff. And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. They had no idea. ” Now, that of course is wacky.

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