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Reader Question- How Does Questionable Research Happen?

Weight and Healthcare • 738 implied HN points • 03 Apr 24

🏥 Health & Wellness Research Weight Loss Physicians

Questionable research can happen due to researchers being influenced by profit interests or an entrenched paradigm.
Some researchers may design studies to support predetermined conclusions, leading to misleading results.
Doctors involved with the weight loss industry may have subconscious biases towards promoting weight loss, despite evidence of its ineffectiveness and harms.

How an online Physician community turned into an Echo Chamber

An Insult to Intuition • 1611 implied HN points • 17 Apr 23

🏥 Health & Wellness Physicians Vaccines COVID-19 Medical Ethics Vaccine Safety

Physician community turned into an echo chamber due to panic and dismissal of early treatments.
Doctors faced backlash and calls to revoke licenses for advocating different opinions.
Vaccine acceptance and safety were unquestioned despite limited data and adverse event reports.

Why is Canada's healthcare system so bad?

The Primordial Startup • 19 implied HN points • 07 Mar 23

🏥 Health Politics Healthcare system Physicians

Canada's healthcare system faces doctor shortages and long wait times compared to other countries.
The problem lies in the low ratio of doctors to population, with Canada trailing behind countries like the US, Australia, and the UK in terms of doctors per capita.
To improve healthcare, Canada needs to reallocate its existing spending to have more doctors and less administrative staff.

JAMA study on misinformation... spreads misinformation!

Silent Lunch, The David Zweig Newsletter • 13 implied HN points • 16 Aug 23

🏥 Health & Wellness Misinformation COVID-19 Physicians

A study on medical misinformation itself contains misleading information.
The study categorized true statements and disputed science as misinformation.
Authors included examples of true information as misinformation in the paper.

Contracts Under Coercion

Waiting Room • 0 implied HN points • 06 Apr 23

🏥 Health & Wellness Debt Physicians Contracts Professionalism Finance

Debt in medical education can lead to modern forms of coercion and impact physicians' well-being.
Physicians face challenges in navigating complex employment contracts and should review them holistically.
Unionization, financial empowerment, and tuition-free models are potential solutions to address physician debt and empower medical professionals.

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How AI Can Actually Help Physicians

Discharge Summary • 0 implied HN points • 03 Dec 23

🏥 Health & Wellness AI Physicians Patient Care

AI integration in EMRs can provide concise patient summaries to help prioritize topics for physicians.
Retrieval AI can assist physicians in accessing patient information quickly for tasks like patient sign-outs and deep dive questions.
Challenges in AI adoption in healthcare include technical implementation, legal issues, and proving ROI in hospital settings.