“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H. G. Wells, 1945 Many anesthesia professionals will likely recall the rise and fall of the Sedasys platform. Touted as a revolutionary advancement that would one da…
Category: Tech
Unmasking online scams: How to stay safe as a visible patient advocate
As a health care writer and patient advocate for people in pain, I spend a lot of time online on venues like Facebook, Quora, LinkedIn, and X (formerly Twitter). I am visible. And because I am visible, many people reach out to me seeking help or doctor…
Adopting technology to support the nurse workforce and provide smarter, safer care delivery
The U.S. health care industry is facing a nursing shortage crisis driven in part by burnout and technology burden, which was further emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve working conditions for nurses and drive quality patient care, industry …
Stop physician burnout: the hidden danger of AI note-writing software
AI note-writing software will provide massive short-term relief to stressed-out physicians, effectively disconnecting the quality of notes from personal data entry skills. Unfortunately, after a brief respite from the stress of documentation, things co…
Save time with these EMR dot phrase tips every doctor should know
Dot phrases work like magic. Just type a few keystrokes, and poof—a full template appears! But how do you pick shortcuts that don’t interfere with your regular typing? And how do you remember all these shortcuts? Over the years, I’ve made t…
Telltale hearts: Navigating modern medicine’s human element
An excerpt from Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story. The potential advances that AI will bring to medicine boggle the mind and portend massive changes, the likes of which we have not experienced since the adven…
Can AI truly improve hospital staffing?
By now, you have probably heard of AI and tools like ChatGPT. But you still may be wondering how these tools apply to your clinical practice. Let me share an experience I recently had that completely changed how I think about AI (artificial intelligenc…
Harnessing the power of AI and personalized videos: a new era in patient education and clinical care
As a physician and digital health practitioner, I have seen firsthand the challenges of ineffective patient education and the immense potential for technology to revolutionize how we inform, engage, and empower patients in their health journeys. Imagin…
What if AI focused on respecting the craft of medicine?
Health care technology has a long history of getting it wrong. The electronic health record (EHR) boom of the late 2000s was a remarkable transformation — taking our sector from paper charts to computers in a matter of just a few years. Unfortunately, …
Improving equity and population health through social determinants of health
Social determinants of health (SDoH) have a strong potential to positively and negatively affect health outcomes, but providers have traditionally faced substantial roadblocks in identifying patients who need SDoH interventions. The result of this gap …
