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Does ChatGPT really outshine doctors? Or just on social media?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A team of licensed healthcare professionals compared physicians' and the chatbot’s responses to patients’ questions asked publicly on the social media forum Reddit’s r/AskDocs in October 2022, but were summarily won over by the answers to the questions entered into ChatGPT in late December.

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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There has been a lot of discussion about state licensure and the fact that our system of healthcare is divided up on a state-by-state basis where local medical boards hold the authority to grant licensure, when our nation would obviously benefit from a single universal license or a system of reciprocity.

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China Medical University Hospital leverages Google's genAI for cancer care

Healthcare It News

China Medical University Hospital is leveraging Google Cloud's generative AI to support its doctors in providing cancer care. Based on a statement, their partnership aims to introduce assistive tools to support doctors in precision cancer treatment.

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Report: Telemedicine, modernized licensing can help bridge health disparity gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"With the recent rise in virtual care, I'm hopeful that soon your ZIP code will no longer decide the type or quality of healthcare you receive, no matter where you live," said Dr. Ian Tong, chief medical officer at Included Health (formerly known as Doctor on Demand), in a statement about the report provided to Healthcare IT News.

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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

Healthcare It News

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. There are state licensure issues for doctors, where getting a doctor licensed in multiple states is problematic.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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AI has a role to play during the patient intake process

Healthcare It News

What's more, when doctors are well-informed about their patients, it has the capacity to improve the visit. Doctors are spending more time working in the EHR, and this is contributing to clinician burnout. What are some ways technology can be made better to ensure doctors are more efficient and prescriptive with their time?

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