Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/2/24 – HIStalk
This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the debut of ChatGPT. This seems to be a good time to reflect on where generative AI has taken us during that interval.
When it initially…
This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the debut of ChatGPT. This seems to be a good time to reflect on where generative AI has taken us during that interval.
When it initially…
At several conferences I’ve attended lately, there has been discussion among clinical informaticists about how increasing use of technology might be affecting our ability to process information and retain items in memory.
In speaking…
The number one topic of discussion at a recent meeting of primary care physicians that I attended was how their health systems are using AI to help with documentation. The majority of the conversation…
Continue ReadingThe practices in which I’ve spent the majority of my clinical time over the past few years don’t use AI-assisted or ambient transcription technologies. One uses human scribes, while the other leaves physicians to…
Continue ReadingI have a couple of medical licenses that expire at the end of the year, so I spent some time taking care of those renewals. Failing to renew on time is an expensive mistake…
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I’m always on the lookout for interesting research, and this recent article in JAMIA did not disappoint. The title was certainly eye-catching: “The number of patient scheduled hours resulting in a 40-hour work…
As many patients with traditional health insurance do in the US, I scheduled some additional medical appointments for the fall and early winter once I realized that I had met my insurance deductible. One…
Continue ReadingEvery year when the leaves begin their fall color change, I wonder if this will be the year that my healthcare system will get its act together to synchronize patient reminders with care that…
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It’s Halloween, and there’s nothing spookier to me than Oracle Health’s announcement of a new EHR that is coming in 2025.
Those of us who have been in the EHR space for a…
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion with other CMIOs. As one would expect, “what is your organization doing with AI tools” was one of the questions given for discussion….
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