My primary care physician has been using an AI-assisted device during our office visits that transcribes and records our visits. I receive an after-visit summary a few days later that contains minor ...

When dealing with sickness or injury, it can be difficult to determine whether to seek care at an urgent care clinic or an emergency room. Dr. Erik Dukes, who has worked as a family medicine physician ...

This is most vividly illustrated in urgent and emergency care. The media is full of pictures of patients in corridors; long queues of ambulances outside emergency departments and stories of ...

It was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on a recent day.

This three-part NC Health News/Charlotte Ledger series explores how artificial intelligence is shaping the state’s health care. Today: Doctors are turning to “virtual scribes” to take notes, raising ...

These "modifiable factors" were spelled out in an August 2024 report published in The Lancet, and doctors say they're worth paying attention to. “Simple switches in lifestyle can make a big ...

Other local health systems have taken generative AI note-taking technologies ... say they plan to soon offer them to doctors in emergency rooms, urgent care and nurses and to those providing ...

patients needing urgent care may be at risk of irreversible consequences. Furthermore, requiring a note from a doctor or parent serves a crucial purpose. It ensures that an individual’s mental ...

About 50 of Endeavor’s primary care doctors and specialists have been using the ambient listening technology, made by a company named Abridge, since September. Other local health systems have taken ...

The doctor added: "According to research, vaping is only moderately better than trying to quit smoking cold turkey. Vaping has a quit-smoking success rate of around 7-10%." Content cannot be ...

Here's what celebrities did to start 2025 on a nice note. Varun Dhawan kickstarted his new year with an invigorating plunge into the freezing ocean. The actor shared a video on Instagram ...