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When Doctors With A.I. Are Outperformed by A.I. Alone

Ground Truths • 10935 implied HN points • 02 Feb 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical practice
  1. A.I. is often outperforming doctors in diagnosing medical conditions, even when doctors use A.I. as a tool. This means A.I. can sometimes make better decisions without human involvement.
  2. Doctors might not always trust A.I. and often stick to their own judgment even if A.I. gives correct information, leading to less accurate diagnoses.
  3. Instead of having doctors and A.I. work on every case together, we should find specific tasks for each. A.I. can handle simple cases, allowing doctors to focus on more complex problems where their experience is vital.

I’m Finally Practicing Medicine the Way It Should Be Done

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 825 implied HN points • 10 Dec 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical practice
  1. Primary care has become rushed, fragmented, and impersonal because doctors are forced to see too many patients in too little time, which leaves patients feeling rushed or dismissed.
  2. A continuous, thoughtful primary care relationship matters for prevention, early detection, and whole‑person care, but many people pick providers by insurance convenience and avoid care after bad experiences.
  3. A new model that shifts decision-making from insurers back to doctors lets clinicians spend more time with patients and practice more patient-centered, thoughtful medicine.

How can American medicine be this bad?

Unreported Truths • 116 implied HN points • 22 Jan 26
🏥 Health Politics Medical practice
  1. Big corporate healthcare and insurance pressures have turned primary care into rushed, impersonal visits where thorough physical exams and continuity are often missing.
  2. Doctors are increasingly treated like functionaries following checklists and metrics, prioritizing measurable targets like blood pressure numbers and vaccines over listening to a patient’s full story.
  3. Older solo practitioners provided hands-on exams and long-term, personalized care, and those bedside skills and relationships are disappearing as systems prioritize efficiency and scale.

Polygenic Risk Scores: Ready for Prime Time?

Ground Truths • 3980 implied HN points • 19 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical practice
  1. Polygenic risk scores can provide valuable information on high genetic risk for diseases like heart disease and cancer, beyond traditional clinical risk factors.
  2. The use of polygenic risk scores is advancing thanks to efforts like the eMERGE consortium, incorporating multi-ancestry data and rigorous validation.
  3. Actionable polygenic risk scores have the potential to reduce health disparities and enhance preventive strategies in medical practice.

Nutrition Researchers Say It’s the Doctors Who Are Fooling Themselves – Are They?

Unsettled Science • 675 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical practice
  1. Nutrition researchers caution against using individual or small sample experiences as evidence in clinical practice.
  2. Physicians believe in the effectiveness of carbohydrate restriction based on their observations of patient outcomes.
  3. There is a conflict between doctors and academics regarding the best approach for treating obesity and diabetes.
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Augmenting clinical reasoning, without replacing it

m3 | music, medicine, machine learning • 0 implied HN points • 11 Aug 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Medical practice
  1. AI tools should help doctors think better, not just finish tasks. It's important that doctors stay aware of the reasoning behind AI suggestions.
  2. New tools like Osler can fit into existing workflows without replacing current systems. They can help doctors create notes quickly and efficiently alongside their usual methods.
  3. Feedback from doctors is crucial for improving these tools. Sharing experiences can help refine technology to better serve their needs.