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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Alex: And we have Kevin McConeghy, who is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the VA Medical Center in Providence, and a PhD candidate at the Brown School of Public Health. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Welcome back, William. Alex: Thank you.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. We discussed the nature of pain, what makes chronic pain different from acute pain, what’s the difference between proprioception, pain, and suffering, and so much more. Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Both the motor movements and characteristics of the seizure, as well as the duration, are really hard to assess in a patient’s home. This episode is all about febrile seizures, one of the most common neurological problems that you will see in the emergency department in children. And you know what? Think about it this way.

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