President Donald Trump's new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find a romantic partner. Dr. Casey Means' recommendation to consider guided psilocybin-assisted therapy is notable because psilocybin is illegal under federal law.
Stony Brook Medicine is the first on Long Island — and one of a select number of healthcare systems nationwide — to implement an artificial intelligence technology, HeartFlow Plaque Analysis™, to enable its physicians to more accurately understand the blockages present in the coronary arteries of patients with suspected heart disease.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has become the first in the nation to incorporate AI into its doctor training program, granting access to OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu to all of its M.D. and graduate students.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Trump's new nominee for surgeon general turned away from modern medicine because 'she was not curing patients.' Casey Means, an ally of Kennedy's 'Make America Healthy Again' movement, has come under scrutiny since Trump made her the surgeon general pick, as she never finished her residency and does not have an active medical license. Kennedy defended Means during the interview on Fox News.
Imagine if every physician and nurse had a clinical partner as capable, knowledgeable and reliable as they are. Not a junior resident to supervise or a chatbot that summarizes notes, but an associate capable of solving novel problems, reasoning across specialties and making sound medical decisions 24/7 without burnout or bias. That day may be closer than most people expect.
While AI incites a range of feelings when it comes to its clinical implications and possibilities, I am much more focused on leveraging AI to solve healthcare's administrative challenges. Considering these burdens cost $600 billion to $1 trillion annually, AI offers a remarkable opportunity to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and deliver first-class experiences for everyone.