Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale School of Medicine liver specialist Wolfram Goessling, who reflects on his experience surviving a rare cancer and how it reshaped his approach to patient care, communication, and leadership. Harlan discusses a Utah pilot program that is letting AI authorize prescription renewals, prompting alarm from physicians; Howie reports on a study challenging the effectiveness of a widely used knee procedure.

Show notes:

The Prescribing AI

"Utah and Doctronic Announce Groundbreaking Partnership for AI Prescription Medication Renewals"

Doctronic AI Mitigation Agreement

"AI Prescribing Medications In Utah: A Flawed Regulatory Playbook"

"Utah medical board calls for 'suspension' of AI doctor experiment"

"The Status Quo Is the Biggest Risk" Doctronic responds to coverage of the Utah partnership.

Wolfram Goessling

Wolfram Goessling: Staying Alive: An Oncologist Fights His Cancer The publisher's site for Wolfram Goessling's book on his personal fight with cancer.

Staying Alive: An Oncologist Fights His Cancer The Amazon page for the book.

Facing Cancer The IMDB page for the documentary about Wolfram Goessling's experience.

Facing CancerWatch the documentary with English subtitles.

Angiosarcoma

Goessling Lab

"Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, to be Appointed Chair of YSM Internal Medicine, Chief of Internal Medicine at YNHH, & Physician-in-Chief for Medicine"

Hepatology

Gastroenterologist

"What Is Shared Decision Making?"

"Teach-Back: Intervention"

Liver Cancer

Jaundice

Appendicitis

"Meet Wolfram Goessling, New Chair of the Yale Department of Internal Medicine"

Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Knee Surgery

"Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear"

"Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Tear—10-Year Outcomes"

"Analysis of Charges and Payments for Outpatient Arthroscopic Meniscectomy From 2005 to 2014: Hospital Reimbursement Increased Steadily as Surgeon Payments Declined"

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