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ChatGPT Outperforms Doctors In Answering Patient Messages, Study Shows

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A new study found that ChatGPT might actually be quite successful in providing high-quality answers to patient questions during an era in which doctors and nurses are too busy to do so. The research evaluated two sets of answers to patient inquiries — one written by physicians, the other by ChatGPT.

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Should doctors refuse to treat obese patients?

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IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. Susan knew she needed to lose weight, especially when her doctor told her that her A1C indicated that she was prediabetic.

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The Battle Between Primary Care and Time: The Doctors are Losing

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With most doctors spending less than 15 to 20 minutes with their patients per visit, there is not much time for fact-finding, let alone education for the doctor to learn what preventive screening resources are available for their patients, even if that care is reimbursable by Medicare/Medicaid, such as a lung cancer screening.

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Should More Doctors Be on TikTok? This One Says Yes

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Austin Chiang has about a decade of experience as a physician influencer on social media. By having a presence on these platforms, healthcare professionals demonstrate their commitment to meeting patients where they are, he said. During a conference in Chicago, he encouraged more providers to share their expertise on social media.

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Marketing to physicians

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QUICK READ: Reaching physicians with key brand messages isn’t hard, but the online landscape has become crowded with many players. By far, Medscape is still number one in physician reach , and medical journal advertising has been proven to result in more branded Rx’s. million physicians worldwide, in multiple languages.

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Microsoft’s Healthcare AI Efforts Holds Huge Promise for Patients

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Called Microsoft Fabric, which was rolled out broadly in May, the announcement on October 10 marks the availability of Fabric’s capabilities specifically for the healthcare vertical – to clinicians, administrators but perhaps, most importantly, to patients. Lungs hyperinflated to clear. No pneumothorax or pleural eltusion.

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An app can never replace a doctor

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million doctors, nurses, and midwives expected by 2030. Vastaamo required therapists to back up patient notes online but reportedly did not anonymize or encrypt them. Physicians have not bought into the hype around apps. Still, the app would have to be clinically tested and demonstrate patient efficacy and better outcomes.

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