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Who’s Liable for Bad Medical Advice in the Age of ChatGPT?

Bill of Health

medical licensing exam , diagnose illnesses , and even outshine human doctors on measures of perceived empathy , raising many questions about how AI will reshape health care as we know it. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the field of medicine, ChatGPT already has been reported to ace the U.S.

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Digital Health at CES 2024

Healthcare IT Today

They are still waiting on FDA clearance (like most in this space), but the concept is so simple and beautiful. Of course, these companies can’t say this is what they’re able to do until they get FDA clearance, but the early results seem promising. Here’s a look at how their demo worked for me.

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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. The latest phone calls came late last year, after her previous doctor shuttered his pain medicine practice, she said. She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same.

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Ophelia Raises $50M to Expand Its Novel Approach to Opioid Addiction Treatment

HIT Consultant

In order to prescribe buprenorphine, clinicians need a separate license from the federal government called an x-waiver, which only 5 percent have. At its core is buprenorphine (Suboxone), a medication used to treat withdrawal and cravings while also mitigating overdose risk. A major barrier to expanding access to MAT in the U.S.

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Plan to See ‘Plan C’ This Year

Bill of Health

The judge did so by suspending an FDA rule that required in-person ordering, prescribing, and dispensing of the pill by a provider. We hear providers struggle with new legal risks: “I can’t keep providing services if I get [my license] taken away.” Plan C” also gives us insight into the personal motivations of those impacted.

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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. The latest phone calls came late last year, after her previous doctor shuttered his pain medicine practice, she said. She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same.

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CareCloud CEO predicts what's around the corner for telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As more and more wearable devices are becoming common in the technology, they have even started to get some FDA approvals as well. Blood pressure, oxygen level, pulse rate, respiratory rate – all those things can be captured and sent back to the software system and doctors.

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