Tag: opinion

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Understanding Trump’s Executive Function from a Geriatric Physician’s Perspective

Nearly 50 years ago, I expressed my disapproval of the full release of Gerald Ford's physical examination details in a published letter. I believed that such disclosures were unnecessary and could deter certain individuals,...
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Improving Patient Portal Responses: The Impact of AI on Healthcare Communication

Today, I came across an interesting research letter published in JAMA Network Open that sheds light on how healthcare professionals perceive the use of large language models, such as AI chatbots, in patient communication....
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Understanding the Impact of Hatch-Waxman and New-Patient Visit Times in Healthcare

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues...