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How can the learning capabilities of artificial intelligence algorithms be used to complement primary care doctors' training and analytical skills to produce the best outcomes for patients? Ziad Obermeyer, MD, a researcher at the University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health focusing on the interconnections between machine learning, medicine and health policy, explains.

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How can the learning capabilities of artificial intelligence algorithms be used to complement primary care doctors' training and analytical skills to produce the best outcomes for patients? 

Artificial Intelligence in medicine: what it means for primary care

How doctors are using health information exchanges to send and receive patient social health data  

The Information Blocking Rule, which took effect in April 2021, was supposed to make it easier for Americans to get access to their health data. But many still find the process time-consuming and expensive. Deven McGraw, co-founder of the health data platform Ciitizen, sits down with Medical Economics to explain why, and why it matters to doctors.

Deven McGraw, co-founder of the health data platform Ciitizen, sits down with Medical Economics to explain the information blocking rule and why there are still issues for patients to access their health data.

The Information Blocking Rule: what it is, and why it matters to doctors

Dr. Gidi Stein, cofounder of the Israeli company MedAware, joins Off the Chart to talk about the growing potential of artificial intelligence in medicine, and how it can be used to help avoid diagnostic and prescribing errors. 

Can Artificial Intelligence reduce prescribing errors?

Both staff engagement and health insurance benefits are important for retaining good employees. Here are ways to combine the two so your staff understand coverage options and deadlines.

Open enrollment is approaching: Boost staff participation with text messaging

The volume of cyberattacks on health care facilities should be a resounding wake-up call for all physicians who own their practices.

Holistic risk analysis is key to protecting your practice from cyberattacks

Why data management is key for addressing many of America’s major health care issues.

All health care problems are data problems

When possible, patients prefer to recover in their own beds instead of hospital beds, according to a new survey. National health care policy needs to catch up to patient need.

With Hospital at Home waiver set to expire, patients overwhelmingly support home care

For any patient dealing with illness, whether acute or chronic, taking medications as directed is essential to achieving the best health outcomes.

Technology’s role in medication adherence a win-win for both primary care providers and patients 

Congressional perspectives: Cybersecurity in health care

In late winter 2024, the cyberattack on Change Healthcare caused financial problems for medical practices and pharmacies across the nation. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) discusses the effects.

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Jennifer N. Lee, M.D. recently conducted a study on managing patient portal messages at her medical practice and found interesting gender differences.

The gender gap in answering patient messages

Is there a gender difference in how responsive physicians are to 

A small study conducted at a primary care practice in Philadelphia identified some interesting gender gaps in patient communication. The study was designed to test using medical assistants to filter and triage patient portal messages. Did that solution help reduce the gender gap?

The results of the study — authored by Jennifer N. Lee, MD, FAAFP; Laura Kurash, MD, Max Yang and Joseph Teel, MD, FAAFP — were published in the 

 recently sat down with Lee to discuss the study findings. Lee is medical director at Penn Family Care and vice chair of clinical operations at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also assistant professor of clinical family member at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.

Jennifer N. Lee, M.D. recently conducted a study on managing patient portal messages at her medical practice — and found something interesting about physician gender. 

Patient portal messages: Why there's a gender gap in physicians responding

Dr. Lorna Breen Act: Can new technology help with physician burnout?

Can artificial intelligence or other new technologies help relieve the administrative burdens in electronic medical records that contribute to physician burnout? Maybe, but it’s not to scale yet, and a better solution overall is to trim down administrative burdens and wasteful processes altogether, said J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, co-founder & CEO of the 

J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, discusses the latest efforts in Washington to renew the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Providers Protection Act.

Introducing AIMPA: How physicians are using AI in health care

Paul Berggreen, MD, inaugural president and board chair of the 

American Independent Medical Practice Association

 (AIMPA), offers examples about how physicians are integrating artificial intelligence into their practices. However, it also can be an expensive pressure on independent medical practices.

A new advocacy organization for independent physicians.

If primary care physicians want their practices to thrive, they need to make their voices heard by state and federal policy makers to build on gains in telehealth that happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients want to see their providers online and telemedicine can make medical practices more efficient when used appropriately, said Kyle Zebley, senior vice president for public policy of the American Telemedicine Association and executive director of ATA Action.

Here are lessons for primary care physicians to consider about the future of telemedicine.

American Telemedicine Association - A message for primary care

The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 is far from the only legislation that effects use of telehealth. Kyle Zebley, senior vice president for public policy of the American Telemedicine Association and executive director of ATA Action, discusses the Effects of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 and other priority legislation at the national level.

Effects of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023.

American Telemedicine Association - Additional legislation

Use of telemedicine boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic conditions have subsided, but telehealth has become a permanent fixture in the U.S. health care system with widespread support. Kyle Zebley, senior vice president for public policy of the American Telemedicine Association and executive director of ATA Action, explains why this is a growing and exciting time for telemedicine in the United States.

What is the status of telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic?

American Telemedicine Association - The telehealth landscape now

How will doctors integrate artificial intelligence into preventive recommendations of the USPSTF and in primary care generally? It’s tough to predict, but there’s a place for the human touch, said U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Chair Michael J. Barry, MD,

Will artificial intelligence replace USPSTF?

USPSTF: Getting help from AI

A wide-ranging discussion with CareCloud CEO Hadi Chaudhry on the latest trends, from AI and ChatGPT, to machine learning and digitization.

Healthcare's digital transformation: A conversation with Hadi Chaudhry of CareCloud

Federal lawmakers could take action on the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act and extend telehealth reimbursements to avoid a “telehealth cliff,” at the end of 2022, said Claire Ernst, JD, director of government affairs for the Medical Group Management Association.

What to watch in Washington as 2022 draws to a close.

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