The potential number of use-cases for AI in healthcare settings seems to be increasing at an exponential pace. Moving beyond uses for research and development, customer service needs, reducing administrative documentation burdens or easing regulatory processes, the latest trend by hospitals is to leverage the technology to help monitor patients.
Generative AI is emerging as a pivotal force in healthcare, poised to reshape patient care, medical research and operations. This sophisticated technology, capable of learning from vast datasets to produce contextually relevant information, is enhancing processes and opening doors to new possibilities in medicine.
The CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based primary care provider VillageMD has resigned, a move that comes as Walgreens Boots Alliance considers selling its stake in the business. VillageMD spokesperson Molly Lynch confirmed Wednesday that Tim Barry has stepped down as CEO and board chair and that the company's board has appointed VillageMD COO Jim Murray as interim CEO "effective immediately." Lynch did not say why Barry left.
A pilot study by medical students working in collaboration with a healthy aging advocacy group explored the key factors influencing recruitment of primary care professionals. Their findings challenge common assumptions about healthcare recruitment and identify a complex interplay of factors that go into a trainee's decision-making process about where to practice medicine.
The use of interventional pain medicine has been growing over the past few years, offering relief to patients suffering from acute and chronic pain who have failed conservative therapies. Pain is one of the top complaints that family physicians encounter, yet there is no official pain medicine (PM) fellowship or recognized training program that favors family medicine graduates. Although family medicine residency programs allot a certain amount of time to teaching trainees in PM, this is considerably insufficient and does not dedicate ample time for procedural treatments.
As the founder of an edtech company, I've noticed an increasing number of students deciding to pursue MD/MBA programs because they recognize that business acumen is often lacking in healthcare and that addressing this gap can lead to significant improvements. While I'm not saying all aspiring doctors need to take this route, it's clear that today's physicians need to do more than just practice medicine—they are also expected to manage, lead and innovate to provide comprehensive care.