Category: Tech

Revolutionizing medicine: How ChatGPT is changing the way we think about health care

GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a type of artificial intelligence that has the unremarkable ability to generate human-like text. The program is free to use during the “research preview” time. GPT gained 1 million users in und…

Revolutionizing medicine: How ChatGPT is changing the way we think about health care

GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a type of artificial intelligence that has the unremarkable ability to generate human-like text. The program is free to use during the “research preview” time. GPT gained 1 million users in und…

How technology is transforming medicine and making distance healing a reality

My first job as a “real” doctor was in 1991. During one of those early days in my career, one of my coworkers — a woman who worked in reception — approached me for help. Even then, I could recognize a look of desperation. It reminded me of …

Myths and misconceptions about virtual primary health care

Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care requires that doctors be consistently available for …

Myths and misconceptions about virtual primary health care

Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care requires that doctors be consistently available for …

What consumers want from telehealth

After becoming more familiar with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of consumers today are realizing the value and convenience of virtual visits for minor urgent issues, chronic disease management, and mental health services. At…

How accelerated learning platforms are pushing surgical education forward

Surgical training has long been confined to traditional models of Halstedian apprenticeship, where trainees are guided—but also potentially limited—by their superiors. Within this dynamic, the transfer of knowledge from expert to learner is dependent o…

The most valuable health care companies of tomorrow will be technology companies

I’ve always been curious about the top 0.1 percent. Their mindsets, backgrounds, upbringing, perceptions, skills, and behavioral traits that got them there. After living through the Dot-com bubble, 9/11, Enron-WorldCom, the 2008 financial crisis,…

Medical innovation: a serendipitous step toward gender equity

There has never been a better time to be a woman entrepreneur. With ever-growing numbers of venture funds specifically for women and nonprofits dedicated to advancing women in tech, the next Apple is ripe for the picking. However, there remains a wide …

Design thinking in health care: Physicians already have the training to be innovators

Compared to the Silicon Valley world of moving fast and breaking things, health care change often happens slowly. Some of the reasons for the inertia of our industry make sense. Change impacting patients requires a vetting process to ensure we are crea…