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A research team invented a fake disease to see if AI would disseminate and promote it as legit medical information. Several AI platforms not only did, but it was subsequently cited in peer-reviewed medical literature.

From the journal Nature last week: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y Lead researcher Almira Thunstrom fabricated an eye condition named Bixonimania, caused by too much blue light exposure, and causing...

Patient Declines ED Referral, Dies. [Med Mal]

https://expertwitness.substack.com/p/patient-declines-ed-referral-dies Patient presents with dyspnea ongoing for past 2 days to a PCP clinic. Sees a PA. PA tells the patient to go the ED. Patient declines. Goes...

Why are my notes being used by AI to summarize patient on Epic?

Epic rolled out a new tab which says generate summary which gives you a brief summary of the patients issues and hospital course. My problem...

I told my scribe to write like a Cave Man

I got the idea cause people said my notes were too pedantic. Well screw them they're all gonna look like this from now on: Subjective: Patient...

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A research team invented a fake disease to see if AI would disseminate and promote it as legit medical information. Several AI platforms not only did, but it was subsequently cited in peer-reviewed medical literature.

Patient Declines ED Referral, Dies. [Med Mal]

Why are my notes being used by AI to summarize patient on Epic?

I told my scribe to write like a Cave Man