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Online Management of Menstrual Irregularities in Canada

Dr. Zaar

Patients describe symptoms, cycle patterns, and other health concerns. If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Tia Health : Connects patients with licensed physicians online in minutes. Next, they may attend a video consultation.

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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”. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. We’ve done some deprescribing episodes before, but never a super special. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2. Summary Transcript Summary.

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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. John: Thank you.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. And in some ways I have this special responsibility in part, along with others, to pass those teachings along to a new generation who may never get to talk to him in the middle of a day on a landline. One of the patients I spoke to really said this quite well. But I certainly did.

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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. Labs just aren’t necessary. And so even in complex febrile seizures, if the child recovers, EEG or MRI may be the only test, if any, that they need. Patients were partial.

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