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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

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? Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. And what should we be doing as far as assessment?

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. The reality is how do you pay for it right now?

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

GeriPal

I feel like, you know, even before the pandemic, certainly during the pandemic, we talk a lot about the grit and the resilience of healthcare and healthcare workers and, you know, the amazing drive that they have and the amazing ability that they have to connect with people. And she did have a primary care doctor.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us.

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

GeriPal

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Bob: Exactly. It could be anybody.