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The insurance denial process: one oncologist’s fight against a broken system
It is 4:15 p.m. in my clinic, and I’m running an hour behind. One of my morning patients arrived acutely ill and thus required more of my time and attention than the schedule allotted for. Accordingly, every patient after that has ended up waitin…
I’m a medical oncologist. Here’s why AI isn’t going to cure cancer.
As a cancer physician, the amount of data I obtain on my patients is ever-increasing, along with options for cancer therapies. This is, as the saying goes, a good problem to have, but the amount of data management oncologists must do after hours (becau…
The algorithm’s dilemma: Navigating ethics in health care
An excerpt from The Algorithm Will See You Now. Jacie shoved her glasses up her nose. “For those not selected, when PRIMA gives its report, or whatever… and if it says the treatment won’t work, how do you tell the patient?” “We …
I used OpenAI to generate art on health care burnout. The images were startlingly moving.
After seeing recent images from OpenAI’s DALL-E-2 art generator, I decided to give it a try. I thought about a topic that I am interested in, others I know are interested in, and I was curious to see an AI’s ability to interpret. I decided …
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