Dr. Theresa Gabana alleges she was unjustly fired in December 2021 after Tufts Medicine rejected her request for a religious exemption to the hospital’s COVID vaccine requirement. The suit calls for $5 million in compensation to Gabana, as well as an additional $1 million in punitive damages, according to the filing. Gabana worked at Tufts for nearly three decades before her firing. Tufts Medicine declined to comment on the pending litigation but said the COVID-19 vaccine has been 'a vital tool in reducing the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death,' citing the effectiveness of federal and state vaccine mandates.
If ChatGPT were cut loose in the Emergency Department, it might suggest unneeded x-rays and antibiotics for some patients and admit others who didn't require hospital treatment, a new study from UC San Francisco has found. The researchers said that, while the model could be prompted in ways that make its responses more accurate, it's still no match for the clinical judgment of a human doctor.
For many people with cancer, intravenous infusions of chemotherapy are their best chance at a cure. But these infusions can be inconvenient or inaccessible to patients, and some complications arise not from the active drug itself, but the infusion. Turning these drugs into pills could be transformative.
Proponents of AI envision the technology helping to manage healthcare supply chains, monitor disease outbreaks, make diagnoses, interpret medical images, and even reduce equity gaps in access to care by compensating for healthcare worker shortages. But others are sounding the alarm about issues like privacy rights, racial and gender biases in models, lack of transparency in AI decision-making processes that could lead to patient care mistakes, and even the potential for insurance companies to use AI to discriminate against people with poor health.
A research team from the International Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, has recently published a comprehensive review in the journal Health Data Science on the application of brain network models (BNMs) in the medical field. This study summarizes recent advances and challenges in using BNMs to simulate brain activities, understand neuropathological mechanisms, evaluate therapeutic effects, and predict disease progression.
As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in family medicine? Over the years, six family physicians from around the country and working in a variety of practice settings have taken the time to be featured doctors in the AMA's "Shadow Me" Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from AMA member physicians about life in their specialties. Check out their insights to help determine whether a career in family medicine might be a good fit for you.