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The Fierce Reflux Cascade by GPT4

March 15, 2023 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

In the caverns of our bellies, a tempest brews, A fiery storm, a fierce cascade, acid reflux ensues. With burning rage, it surges forth, a churning tide, A searing pain, a bitter plight, we cannot hide. The tender walls of esophagus, its armor frail, Beneath the onslaught of the beast, it quakes and flails. A burning pyre, a molten flood, our throats ... Continue Reading about The Fierce Reflux Cascade by GPT4

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence, GPT

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Stanford’s COVID Vaccine Algorithm – What We Can Learn

December 23, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Stanford stepped in just before Christmas when they distributed their COVID vaccine supply according to a homemade algorithm. When the vaccine algorithm was unleashed it invited non-patient facing personnel and only one resident as part of the vaccine’s first phase. It apparently failed because residents as institutional nomads had no ‘home base’ or address that ... Continue Reading about Stanford’s COVID Vaccine Algorithm – What We Can Learn

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence, COVID, Vaccines

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Should Patients Consent for Use of Artificial Intelligence?

July 16, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Check out this StatNews piece addressing the question: should patients consent for use of artificial intelligence in the clinic setting? It builds the case for an emerging crisis in healthcare where patients are the victims of a failure to disclose the use of AI in the clinical setting. The concerns expressed reflect the a false dichotomy of man or machine. We ... Continue Reading about Should Patients Consent for Use of Artificial Intelligence?

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence

Future Medicine

Can We be More Human?

June 24, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Will computers make us more human? The argument has been made as AI continues its march in and around us. It’s kind of an odd question because how can we be more human than we already are? We can only be as human as we are. We can only be us. Okay, you could reasonably argue that technology has pulled us away from one another and made us more distant and ... Continue Reading about Can We be More Human?

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence, Human

Physicians, Technology

The Human Quest for a Single Measure of Health

July 5, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Humans are simple creatures. We’re always looking for a way to reduce our condition to one measure. Check out James Hamblin’s latest Atlantic piece, The Power of One Push-up. It details the quest for the best single measure of health. It’s entertaining but maybe better suited for a 20th century audience. The problem is that our world is too complicated. Humans ... Continue Reading about The Human Quest for a Single Measure of Health

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence

Future Medicine, Patients, Physicians

Human Experience of Disease and Patient Expectations

November 8, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Running an algorithm for the management of a well-typed tumor or a child with a septic joint is relatively easy. But managing the expectations of that cancer patient or nervous mother is something more involved. Expectations are how we imagine the future given what we currently know and understand. Patient expectations are part of the human experience of ... Continue Reading about Human Experience of Disease and Patient Expectations

Tagged With: Artificial intelligence, MD Future, Patient experience

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