I interact with medical students and residents from different institutions. I have learned that the education that they receive about AI and its role in healthcare is highly variable.
The American Medical Association is…
A friend reached out this weekend to ask my opinion about the risks of plugging medical information into ChatGPT and other publicly available AI tools. She wanted to know if I agree with a…
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The Association of American Medical Colleges has released new data showing that medical school enrollment has hit an all-time high. Total enrollment for 2025 is 100,723 students. It’s also the largest first-year class in…
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Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with everything that is going on in healthcare IT. Regardless of how many unread newsletters and blog notifications are in my inbox, I know I can count on…
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This week’s encounter with Big Health System brought additional frustrations, along with a profound desire to sell them consulting services.
My appointment was scheduled with a nurse practitioner. It was supposed to be…
It’s been a bumpy couple of weeks. I have spent more time than I generally prefer in the patient, family, and caregiver role.
I hate to say that I saw mostly the bad and…
I wrote earlier this month about an article that examined whether physicians think their peers who use AI are less competent. I brought this up in a recent conversation with other clinical informaticists to…
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Hot off the presses, the new Oracle Health EHR has received certification for ambulatory use and approval for electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
Oracle claims that the EHR was built independently of the original…
It’s that time of year when clinical informatics types come together to let their freak flags fly, otherwise known as the AMIA Annual Symposium.
This is one of my favorite conferences, largely because…
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House Rx, which provides technology and expertise to support specialty clinics performing in-clinic “medically integrated dispensing” instead of sending prescriptions to specialty pharmacies, raises $55 million in Series B equity.
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