Category: Tech

AI agents in health care: Balancing innovation, trust, and evidence-based implementation

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents significantly transform health care by automating routine tasks, enhancing clinical decision-making, and reducing administrative burdens. These intelligent systems are increasingly applied in medical documentation, d…

Artificial intelligence in health care: What your patients want to know

Most patients feel it is important to be informed when artificial intelligence (AI) will play a role in their care. Although most anticipate that AI will make health care at least somewhat better in the next five years, many express concerns about misd…

Why AI scribes are changing medicine and the hidden risks you must know

Introduction: the AI scribe revolution Let’s be real: AI scribes are incredible. I’ve personally used one for well over 3,000 clinical encounters. If you’ve been using one, you already know. If you haven’t, you’re probably…

Innovation or exploitation: the ethical challenges of AI in speech therapy

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It’s in our phones, our search engines, and increasingly, in our health care systems. For speech-language pathologists (SLPs), AI holds the potential to be a powerful ally—offering tools to enhance pati…

Why AI is the perfect neutral arbiter for health care claims

When Berkshire Hathaway executive Charlie Munger said, “Show me the incentives, and I’ll show you the outcome,” during a speech in 1995, he wasn’t talking about health care, but he might as well have been. Companies in any indus…

The weaponization of predictive data analytics, red flags, and the chronic pain gender gap has become a radioactive crisis in U.S. health care

In recent years, the health care system has increasingly relied on predictive data analytics in the prosecution of physicians, turning what was once a tool for improving care into an instrument of punitive measures by the U.S. government. Thousands of …

How AI and quantum computing are revolutionizing the future

In the lead-up to the recently concluded U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk, the celebrity tech billionaire and the world’s’ richest man, officially endorsed Donald Trump. While Musk was full of praise for the former president, Grok, the…

The future of cardiac monitoring: AI-powered wearables in practice

Introduction AI-powered wearables are revolutionizing health care, particularly in cardiac health. These devices continuously monitor heart function, enabling early detection of abnormalities and personalized care. Digital medicine’s integration …

Small language models and edge technology: Transforming health care delivery

Artificial intelligence (AI) advances are ushering in a new era of health care innovation, and small language models (SLMs) deployed on edge devices are leading the charge. Unlike large-scale AI systems, SLMs are lightweight, efficient, and capable of …

How AI is transforming medicine faster than ever before

Since the release of large language models such as ChatGPT in November of 2022, medicine has been transformed in ways previously unimaginable by using artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to solve problems. The use of natural language processing (NLP…