Michael Millenson
Contributing Editor at The Health Care Blog (THCB)
Quality-of-care evangelist via consulting, research, writing and speaking. Early and vocal advocate for better, safer, more patient-centered care.
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1 week ago |
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Michael Millenson
In the Recording Evil series on Israel’s Kan-11 TV channel, the children of the Jewish refugees who listened to the secretly recorded conversations of Nazi prisoners in Britain during World War II mournfully confess they had no clue what their parents had done. That regret over the stories never told struck a special chord, particularly as both VE (Victory in Europe) Day and, in America, Mother’s Day, approached.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
"Dr. Google,” the nickname for the search engine that answers hundreds of millions of health questions every day, has begun including advice from the general public in some of its answers. The “What People Suggest” feature, presented as a response to user demand, comes at a pivotal point for traditional web search amid the growing popularity of artificial intelligence-enabled chatbots such as ChatGPT.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
An innovative use of artificial intelligence that essentially monitors patients through the eyes of the nurses involved in care resulted in a stunning 36% drop in the risk of dying in the hospital. However, funding to extend the research with adults to sick children was abruptly cancelled by the Trump administration.
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1 month ago |
thehealthcareblog.com | Michael Millenson
By MICHAEL MILLENSON“The New Yorker House Style Joins The Internet Age” announced the magazine’s daily newsletter under the byline of Andrew Boynton, whose appropriately old-fashioned title was “Head of Copy.” Among the alterations Boynton acknowledged readers might feel “long overdue,” were “Internet” becoming “internet,” “Web site” consolidating to “website” and “cell phone” becoming “cellphone.” Other quirky spellings (teen-ager, per cent, etc.) were deliberately retained.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
In an ironic twist, the agency charged with fighting the kind of medical misdiagnosis that had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the brink of unnecessary brain surgery is set to be eliminated in the reorganization plan Kennedy announced for the department he heads. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the only federal agency specifically charged by Congress with targeting mistakes like the famous misdiagnosis suffered by Kennedy.
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