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Can Artificial Intelligence Replicate The Human Touch in Healthcare Provision?

HIT Consultant

While most of the general chatter around the technology can, most charitably, be dismissed as ‘uninformed’, there are already some encouraging signs of its potential to change the world of public healthcare provision, substantially for the better. The growing use of AI in healthcare also raises important ethical considerations.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

Accountability through tracking and monitoring, and. Diagnostics, represented by Last Gadget Standing winner for CES 2020, MedWand — “a doctor’s visit at a patient’s fingertips” — bolstering patient engagement in-between physician visits.

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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Newsletter, August 2022

Patient Safety Movement

We need to create a healthcare system that supports that oath. The doctors and hospital took no responsibility for what had happened. The goal of the National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) is to prevent and reduce patient safety events in healthcare settings. Like other physicians, I took an oath to “first, do no harm.”

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Newsletter, March 2023

Patient Safety Movement

More than a decade ago, Joe made it his life’s purpose to eliminate preventable medical harm and create safer healthcare systems around the world. Joe will be the keynote speaker at our 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on June 1–2 in Newport Beach. million patients are misdiagnosed, 2.6

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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

It’s important to speak with a healthcare professional if any unusual changes in the breast or nipple are detected. Of particular concern, according to the article, “even if doctors recommend genetic testing, they may lack the expertise to determine which tests people need and how to interpret the results.

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Newsletter, November 2023

Patient Safety Movement

This was an excellent meeting focused on medication safety. She brings to her board role a clear vision and keen understanding of the essential contributions advanced technologies will make in improving patient safety across healthcare delivery systems globally.