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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

When used intentionally, AI can help us: draft progress notes or referral letters, suggest evidence‑based interventions or psycho‑educational handouts, and organize task lists, reminders and teaching materials so we can focus on patients and learners. Anderson, E. E., & Henderson, R. Cureus , 17(1), e76825.

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Improving Patient Communication

CDOCS

Patients depend on our clinical knowledge as well as our recommendations and relationships with our specialist partners.</span></span></p> The question often becomes, how can we overcome this disparity in attitudes towards our professional network of referrals?

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. Adolescents with GERD often present similarly to adults with heartburn and regurgitation as the primary complaints. And the presentation for GERD varies by age. Now there are some risk factors for GERD.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. We would make referrals to psycho oncology. But watch out! Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. Alex: I saw Des present this work during the NPC, National Palliative Care Research Center Foley retreat this past year in Jackson Hole. Eric: Go ahead. Eric: I love this. Fantastic place.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

He was a person with schizophrenia, he was a person who used drugs and he presented in pain crisis to our shelter. By the time he got into us, the tumor grew, he had experienced, he was experiencing significant pain and so trauma, informed care and building a relationship with him was such a big part of the care. Alex 11:17 Thank you.

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

GeriPal

And I’ve been to some presentations that use that same breaking bad news model for having these driving conversations, as are used in palliative care. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. Emmy: But I think there are ways to do it where you don’t ruin the relationship.

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