A huge amount of online health advice is aimed at women. Now there is a safe and convenient way to cut through the misinformation
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) recently…
Amy Brown, Founder & CEO of Authenticx
The digital era presents healthcare leaders with a formidable challenge: a tidal wave of online health misinformation shaping patient behaviors and decisions. A single viral social media post…
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Dr. Geeta Nayyar – known by many as “Dr. G” – has a long track record as a physician IT leader, who thinks creatively about the intersection of technology and healthcare. Her jobs over…
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A new platform is being developed by several major universities with the aim of combating misinformation about healthcare and public health policies.It’s spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UC…
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By Sara Heath
April 18, 2024 – Patients are approaching their health information with much more skepticism now than ever before, with patient trust still trending low and patients expressing concerns with the politicization of healthcare…
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Matt Cohen, Director of AI, Loyal
As the buzz around ChatGPT and generative-AI continues, it’s important for health leaders to look past their excitement around these new tools and remain committed to ensuring patient trust…
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Clinical informaticists are often asked to help their organizations with strategies to combat health misinformation, whether it’s through implementing patient education solutions, providing input for patient-facing websites, consulting on social media campaigns, or creating…
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As a gastroenterologist, Dr. Austin Chiang has witnessed plenty of patients get admitted to the hospital after taking unvetted medical advice they found on the Internet, he said Wednesday during an interview at Oliver…
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Online health information platform AskDr has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Health Innovations, a group of medical doctors based in Singapore.AskDr serves as an online avenue for trusted medical advice and personalised…
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By Sara Heath
August 16, 2023 – Although the number of doctors spreading medical misinformation is small, new data looking particularly at COVID-19-related misinformation reveals that providers have a broad reach with their false claims.
That broad reach could…
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