Ruth A. Hailu

Jan 26, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Ruth A. Hailu |Lori Uscher-Pines |Ateev Mehrotra

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic–related shift to telemedicine has been particularly prominent and sustained in mental health care. In 2021, more than one-third of mental health visits were conducted via telemedicine.1 While most mental health specialists have in-person and telemedicine visits, some have transitioned to fully virtual practice, perhaps for greater work-life flexibility (including avoiding commuting) and eliminating expenses of maintaining a physical clinic.

Jul 12, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Lindsay Nicole Overhage |Ruth A. Hailu |Kenneth A Michelson |Haiden Huskamp

Key PointsQuestion  How did utilization of acute mental health care change during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic for youth aged 5 to 17 years? Findings  In this cross-sectional study comparing pandemic year 2 with a baseline year, the fraction of youth with mental health emergency department visits increased 7%, the percentage of emergency department visits that resulted in inpatient psychiatric admission increased 8%, and the mean length of inpatient psychiatric stay increased 4%.

Feb 13, 2023 | statnews.com | Ruth A. Hailu |Andrew Beam |Patrick Skerrett |Ateev Mehrotra

The notion that people will regularly use computers to diagnose their own illnesses has been discussed for decades. Of course, millions of people try to do that today, consulting Dr. Google, though often with little success. Given the low quality of many online health sources, such searches may even be harmful. Some governments have even launched “Don’t Google It” campaigns to urge people not to use the internet for health concerns.

Feb 13, 2023 | flipboard.com | Ruth A. Hailu |Andrew Beam |Ateev Mehrotra

NowChallenger search engine Neeva wants to replace the familiar “10 blue links” in search results with something more fitting for the modern AI age. Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business, teased new “cutting edge AI” …