Google's New AI Describes X-Rays And Answers Patient Questions – This And More News In Digital Health This Week
Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD
Director of The Medical Futurist Institute (Keynote Speaker, Researcher, Author & Futurist)
My latest paper has just been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). It describes what AI tools have become available since the beginning of the ChatGPT revolution and contemplates how they might change physicians’ perceptions of this breakthrough technology.
In other news, our most recent policy report seems to have hit the right notes with a lot of you. We're so glad to see it's been downloaded quite a bit. Your interest and engagement with our work mean a lot to us, and we're excited to keep sharing more.?
Giving good prompts will make us more efficient when working with AI, and increase our chances of getting valuable outputs.
Understanding the art of ‘prompt engineering’ is becoming increasingly critical. Whether you’re a seasoned user of AI or a newbie, these guidelines should make your journey smoother and more rewarding.?
Two US senators were concerned that Amazon’s virtual care platform is “harvesting” patient health data and asked the company some questions.
"The senators want Amazon to provide a sample contract with any third-party providers that give care to Amazon Clinic enrollees, disclose what data it shares and if and how it’s used to sell Amazon products or services."
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CB Insights just released its annual list of the 100 most promising private AI companies in the world.
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As you can imagine, the ones I'm most interested in are the ones related to healthcare, such as Atomic AI, Atropos Health, Generate Biomedicines, Navina, Subtle Medical, Turbine, XtalPi, Aqemia.
There's a possibility that generative AI might outgrow, outsmart, and outlive us eventually, and that's understandably making a lot of scientists and experts nervous. But despite these concerns, I'm still optimistic.
I really believe that AI has a lot to offer us, especially when it comes to improving healthcare, and here's why.
My good friend, Rafael Grossman is optimistic about Apple's new Vision Pro headset. I'm still worried about its price as the major barrier to wide adoption ($3,499).
"Dr Rafael Grossmann, a general surgeon with a background in robotic surgery and the first to live-stream a surgery using Google Glass, believes the Apple Vision Pro could be very useful during an operation when information is critical to a patient's survival, according to WMTW TV station network."
Such amazing news for scientific progress! The FDA just approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy!
"Sarepta set a $3.2 million price for Elevidys. Elevidys is an engineered version of the gene that codes for dystrophin. It leads to production of a shortened version of dystrophin intended to make up for normal dystrophin that patients lack. The gene therapy is administered as a single intravenous infusion."
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1 年Great stuff Bertalan!
Thanks for Sharing! ?? Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD