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Ep. 71: Agentic AI with Isaac Park of Keebler Health

Physician's Practice

Agent AI Use Cases and Healthcare Applications (00:02:43) Describes agent AI’s potential to mimic human workflows and its analogy to customer service bots. Appropriate Use Cases in Healthcare (00:04:31) Agent AI’s current use in low-clinical, high-administrative tasks like scheduling and EHR management. Adler, J.D.,

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Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

Plum Health

As employees change their healthcare usage behavior, both primary and specialty care claims decrease. Easy access and relationship-driven care minimize long-term healthcare expenses and cut down on unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits. If you have a great relationship with your PCP, keep it! Sadly, up to 80% do not.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. He is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin and medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. Caroline: And I love how you highlight the importance of these staff biases, perhaps implicit bias that is driving some of these healthcare decisions. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Ruth: Absolutely.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

But if they’re not going to live another 20 years, then there’s no point in giving them the extra medication for lowering their A1C. They wanted time to prepare, to get their spiritual house in order, to get right with God, to think about moving near to the grandkids, to get their finances in order, to prepare their wills.

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