Episode 45: Betty White / Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s)

Doctor Vs Comedian

To start the episode, Ali talks about his new CBC show out now “Run the Burbs” and Ali’s appearance on “Family Feud Canada”. Betty White would have been 100 years old on Jan 17, 2022, so to commemorate this, the guys go over her life and career (7:36). They discuss her roles in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “The Golden Girls” and her devotion to civil rights and animal charities. Then Ali asks Asif about Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s) by using Atul Gawande’s 2018 New Yorker article on the topic as a jumping off point (24:46). Asif goes over the good and bad of EMR’s and possible ways forward to make them useful to patients and physicians.

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Show Notes:

• Betty White on “The Golden Girls” - “The Great Herring War”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80q1x-EN9qM
• Live With it - Betty White defied racist demands with her 1954 variety show: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/31/betty-white-arthur-duncan-racism/
• Betty White Dies: The Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star Was 99: https://people.com/tv/betty-white-the-golden-girls-and-hot-in-cleveland-star-dead-at-99/
• Betty White, a Television Golden Girl From the Start, Is Dead at 99: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/arts/television/betty-white-dead.html
• How to support animal lover Betty White's favorite cause: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/us/betty-white-animal-charities-iyw/index.html
• Why Doctors Hate Their Computers: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers
• Electronic Medical Records, Burnout, And “Man’s 4th Best Hospital”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2019/11/12/electronic-medical-records-burnout-and-mans-4th-best-hospital/?sh=53501f171099
• It’s Time for a New Kind of Electronic Health Record: https://hbr.org/2020/06/its-time-for-a-new-kind-of-electronic-health-record
• The effectiveness of EMR implementation regarding reducing documentation errors and waiting time for patients in outpatient clinics: a systematic review: https://f1000research.com/articles/10-514