Technology

On communicating with patients, effective and less effective medical analogies, and the question of whether e-bikes and using AI are ‘cheating.’

The simplest way to ease this pain is to go touch grass—that is, limit phone time or take short breaks in between scrolling spurts.

OMA prez argues: Ontario’s healthcare system must be co-designed by doctors—for doctors.

Tech isn’t the bottleneck in Canada’s fragmented health data landscape. It’s the lack of political will, mandated standards and aligned incentives.

It’s a problem encountered in every physician’s office and clinic in Canada: patients who miss appointments, leaving the physician with a hole in their schedule that could have been filled by another patient who needs care.

AI scribes, interoperability mandates and form-improvement initiatives suggest relief may be coming.

Isabella Anderberg, a psychologist researching digital dieting behaviour at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, said calorie tracking can reinforce behaviours associated with body dysmorphia and disordered eating.

The program allows Utah residents to skip the doctor’s office and get their prescriptions refilled online by an AI chatbot called Doctronic.

Survey findings suggest techs are moving beyond traditional technical tasks into areas such as automation, clinical support and systems leadership.

While change in no longer optional in the pharmacy profession, how we approach it makes all the difference.