Healthcare Employment Down 524,000 Since COVID HitSince COVID-19 hit, healthcare employment is down.We circulate a lot of articles around Challenger, mostly dealing with medical education, technology in education, certification changes, and – did I mention medical education? Today’s medical news brief looks at healthcare employment figures and trends since the pandemic. One article that gave us pause started with a … Read More
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnostic Imaging
AI in Medical Diagnostic ImagingArtificial intelligence continues to make strides in medical imaging and diagnostics of certain conditions, such as breast cancer.A number of years back, Challenger attended an IBM Watson conference. The AI demonstration they were giving at the time was a Watson machine trained to identify basal cell carcinoma from high resolution imaging. They were interested in whether … Read More
Is It COVID Misinformation? Clinicians Under Scrutiny for Spreading COVID Misinformation
Is It COVID Misinformation?Clinicians who spread COVID misinformation are coming under increased scrutiny by medical boardsThe news this week is filled with articles about the FSMB, specialty society, AMA, and ABMS organizational statements about certification and licensure for physicians “spreading misinformation.” We’ve put together the latest news on the subject… There’s the ground-up personalization article from NPR, which starts with … Read More
Medical Misinformation: The Other Pandemic – Part 3, Medical Misinformation Prevention
Medical Misinformation Prevention – What Medical Professionals Can Do to Counteract Medical MisinformationMedical Misinformation: The Other Pandemic Blog Series, Part 3 of 3In parts one and two of this blog series on Medical Misinformation, we described the harms associated with medical misinformation and common sources of medical misinformation, respectively. In this post, part three, we will examine some medical misinformation … Read More
Medical Misinformation: The Other Pandemic – Part 2, Medical Misinformation Sources
Medical Misinformation: The Other Pandemic – Medical Misinformation SourcesMedical Misinformation Blog Series, Part 2 of 3In part one of this blog series on Medical Misinformation, we describe the harms associated with medical misinformation. In this post, part two, we will describe common medical misinformation sources and why we are so inclined to believe them. Medical Misinformation Sources – Frauds and … Read More
Medical Misinformation: The Other Pandemic – How Clinical Misinformation Causes Harm
Medical Misinformation: The Other PandemicMedical Misinformation Blog Series, Part 1 of 3Misinformation is nothing new. I remember, as a child, standing in line with my mom at the grocery store and reading the headlines of a tabloid – a member of congress was reported to be an alien, of the extraterrestrial variety, and to our shock, a particular celebrity was … Read More