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February 2024 Medical News Summary Mar 01, 2024

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Rural Maternity Care Is in Crisis—Here's What Could Help; Type and Severity of Immunodeficiency Affect Speed of SARS-CoV-2 Clearance, Study Finds Related Content:

More Than Half of US Rural Hospitals No Longer Offer Birthing Services—Here's Why
When It Comes to SARS-CoV-2 Clearance, People Who Are Immunocompromised Are Not All Alike

AI and Clinical Practice: Automation Bias and Short Cuts in Clinical AI Models Feb 28, 2024

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Automation bias and shortcuts in clinical AI models have posed significant challenges. In this Q&A, Jenna Wiens, PhD, an associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, joins JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss how we can start leveraging human collaboration with AI to provide more effective health care. Related Content:

Blind Spots, Shortcuts, and Automation Bias—Researchers Are Aiming to Improve AI Clinical Models

AI and Clinical Practice—AI and the Ethics of Developing and Deploying Clinical AI Models Feb 07, 2024

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AI in clinical practice needs ethical frameworks to avert future biases. In this Q&A, Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD, the Herman L. F. von Helmholtz Career Development Professor at MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), joins JAMA's Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss ethical machine learning and responsible clinical implementation. Related Content:

AI Developers Should Understand the Risks of Deploying Their Clinical Tools, MIT Expert Says

January 31, 2024, Medical News Summary Jan 31, 2024

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What the Latest Research Says About Paxlovid; People Are Using Potentially Dangerous "Trip-Killers" to Counter Psychedelics; Social Media Affects Youth Mental Health—Here's What Could Help Related Content:

January 24, 2024, Medical News Summary Jan 24, 2024

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After a Decade, Goodbye to the Pooled Cohort Equations? Experts Tackle Racial Bias in Clinical Algorithms; How COVID-19 Might Be Tied to Other Respiratory Disease Outbreaks Related Content:

AI and Clinical Practice—Discovery and Scaling Findings From Large, Multicenter Health Care Datasets Jan 24, 2024

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How can we leverage AI to transform health care into a more efficient model for delivering care? In this Q&A, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, interviews Atul Butte, MD, PhD, the director of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at UCSF, to discuss scalable privilege and the need for the broad distribution of AI-driven expertise. Related Content:

"Scalable Privilege"—How AI Could Turn Data From the Best Medical Systems Into Better Care for All

AI and Clinical Practice—AI Monitoring to Reduce Data-Based Disparities Jan 03, 2024

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Amid the surging buzz around artificial intelligence (AI), can we trust the Al hype, and more importantly, are we ready for its implications? In this Q&A, Arvind Narayanan, PhD, a professor of computer science at Princeton, joins JAMA's Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss the exploration of Al's fairness, transparency, and accountability. Related Content:

How to Navigate the Pitfalls of AI Hype in Health Care

December 2023 Medical News Summary Dec 28, 2023

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The Next Generation of COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Inhaled; Does Paxlovid Prevent Long COVID? Apply to the Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing. Related Content:

The Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing

AI and Clinical Practice—AI Guardrails: The US Executive Order and the Need for Global Harmonization Dec 20, 2023

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Artificial intelligence holds the promise of revolutionizing disease diagnosis and prediction, but it also presents a pivotal challenge: ensuring equity. In this Q&A, Alondra Nelson, PhD, the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, joins JAMA's Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to discuss the equitable regulation of AI to benefit all populations. Related Content:

How Do Policymakers Regulate AI and Accommodate Innovation in Research and Medicine?

AI and Clinical Practice—the AI Health Care Goal for Patient Care Dec 13, 2023

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In this Q&A, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, interviews John Ayers, PhD, MA, vice chief of innovation in the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Public Health, deputy director of informatics in the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and affiliate scientist in the Qualcomm Institute, all at UC San Diego, to discuss how genAI programs like ChatGPT can increase communication pathways and improve patient outcomes. Related Content: