There is a strong appetite for AI assistance for healthcare professionals--and we are carefully working through how we safely utilize such tools--but I do not think there is a hunger among patients to directly interact with AI agents for healthcare. #medicalAI
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/

Should we (specifically in pediatrics) be using linezolid more often for complicated community-acquired pneumonia? 🤔 #pedsID https://academic.oup.com/jac/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jac/dkae444/7932790

Very cool #dataVisualization of train travel in Europe. I don't know if this is a Shiny App, but sure looks a lot like one. https://www.chronotrains.com/en?maxTime=8

As we continue to enhance interoperability, bolstering security will be vital. Updating standards related to HIPAA would be a good step. https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/biden-administration-proposes-new-cybersecurity-rules-limit-impact-healthcare-2024-12-27/

This is going to be a huge challenge ➡️ “We need an ecosystem where health systems themselves take on the responsibility for ongoing validation.” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD https://healthexec.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/fda-commissioner-robert-califf-urges-health-systems-strengthen-ai-quality-oversight

Non-inferior! Will have to dig into the subanalyses and nuances ➡️ "Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections" https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2404991

Rise of the 'CAIO'? Highlights the ever growing need for more informatics trained physicians! #clinicalInformatics #AIinMedicine https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shaping-future-evolving-role-impact-chief-ai-officers-r-ryan-jpiof/

Fierce Healthcare and Sermo surveyed physicians, finding that 76% use general-purpose LLMs in clinical decision-making. HUGE caveats here (1) respondents had to be using LLMs in general (2) 60% were in academia (3) physicians on Sermo like more tech savvy. Interesting nonetheless #AIinMedicine #artificialIntelligence
https://buff.ly/3U0CrJk

3/10/2020 is a day I will never forget. That was the last day I spent in my office in Boston. The rest of the time I spent in Boston until I moved back to KC was almost exclusively in my tiny apartment. What an incredible time https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/03/10/1162169741/on-3-11-20-who-declared-a-pandemic-these-quotes-and-photos-recall-that-historic-

I shouldn't have to do this myself, Microsoft