As physicians, we go to work each day with the intent to provide patient care and help others. Frankly, some days are better than others. But we don’t expect to get injured at work and urgently become patient ourselves.
In the U.S., some hospitals require cognitive assessments for clinicians above a certain age to renew their privileges. The figures are intriguing, but the model raises questions of validity and fairness. In Quebec, the Collège des médecins du Québec is relying on other mechanisms.
The headlines seem mostly to be dealing with the fact that she found numerous AI Scribe generated reports had errors. However, to my mind, that’s not the real story.
We’ve always believed that there is a strong correlation between excellence in pharmacy practice and success in pharmacy business. (It’s in our name, after all!)
Looking at the practice of pharmacy and the business of pharmacy, the two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, we need one in order to provide the other.
When it comes to diagnostic test results, patient access to information has expanded rapidly. Responsibility for interpreting and acting on that information has not expanded in the same way.
