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  1. Nearly 1,400 doctors left Israel in three year period

    In the last three years, about 1,370 doctors left Israel for at least 12 months, a Tel Aviv…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #doctor #Israel #medical #Medicalstudy #Medicine #Research #TelAvivUniversity
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  2. DATE: August 13, 2026 at 04:30AM
    SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

    TITLE: STAT+: What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

    Scroll through the flashy websites of neurotechnology startups and a phrase repeats again and again: “minimally invasive.”

    “The term is fuzzy, problematic,” said Anna Wexler, a medical ethics and health policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. “Is it physical invasiveness? We’re not sure, it’s a fraught term.”

    The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. Synchron, Motif Neurotech, Precision Neuroscience, and Merge Labs all use it liberally. Journalists sometimes repeat the spin.

    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

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  3. DATE: August 13, 2026 at 04:30AM
    SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

    TITLE: STAT+: What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

    Scroll through the flashy websites of neurotechnology startups and a phrase repeats again and again: “minimally invasive.”

    “The term is fuzzy, problematic,” said Anna Wexler, a medical ethics and health policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. “Is it physical invasiveness? We’re not sure, it’s a fraught term.”

    The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. Synchron, Motif Neurotech, Precision Neuroscience, and Merge Labs all use it liberally. Journalists sometimes repeat the spin.

    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

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  4. DATE: August 13, 2026 at 04:30AM
    SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

    TITLE: STAT+: What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

    Scroll through the flashy websites of neurotechnology startups and a phrase repeats again and again: “minimally invasive.”

    “The term is fuzzy, problematic,” said Anna Wexler, a medical ethics and health policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. “Is it physical invasiveness? We’re not sure, it’s a fraught term.”

    The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. Synchron, Motif Neurotech, Precision Neuroscience, and Merge Labs all use it liberally. Journalists sometimes repeat the spin.

    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

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  5. DATE: August 13, 2026 at 04:30AM
    SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

    TITLE: STAT+: What patients actually think about ‘minimally invasive’ brain implants

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

    Scroll through the flashy websites of neurotechnology startups and a phrase repeats again and again: “minimally invasive.”

    “The term is fuzzy, problematic,” said Anna Wexler, a medical ethics and health policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. “Is it physical invasiveness? We’re not sure, it’s a fraught term.”

    The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. Synchron, Motif Neurotech, Precision Neuroscience, and Merge Labs all use it liberally. Journalists sometimes repeat the spin.

    Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

    URL: statnews.com/2026/08/13/patien

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  6. DATE: January 02, 2026 at 04:30PM
    SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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    Robotic-assisted surgical systems gained momentum in 2025

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    #medtech #roboticsurgery #yearinreview

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  7. DATE: December 31, 2025 at 03:30PM
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    .@CMRSurgical, @Medtronic secure @US_FDA nod for robotic surgical systems

    t.co/5yj3aYc0bV

    #medtech #RoboticSurgery

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  8. DATE: December 30, 2025 at 06:00PM
    SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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    .@IntuitiveSurg sees continued da Vinci growth amid rising competition

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    #medtech #roboticsurgery

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  9. DATE: December 08, 2025 at 05:30PM
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    .@Medtronic's Hugo robotic system gets FDA nod

    t.co/94OrcrVLK7

    #medtech #roboticsurgery #robotics

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  10. DATE: November 24, 2025 at 04:30PM
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    .@CMRSurgical targets US with #Versius Plus robotic system

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    #medtech #roboticsurgery

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  11. DATE: November 14, 2025 at 04:30PM
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    China’s @csrbtx2019 raises $200M series D round

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    #medtech #financing #roboticsurgery #robotics

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  12. This tele doctor’s humanity superseded her FAFO desire for her MAGA patient.

    It is admirable that this tele doctor disregarded the FAFO instinct and went above and beyond to save a MAGA patient in a rural healthcare desert.

    #Doctor #healthcare #MAGA #medicalDesert #MedicareAdvantage #teleDoctor

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  13. DATE: September 23, 2025 at 05:30PM
    SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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    #pTau217 could change how #Alzheimer’s is diagnosed

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    #medtech

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  14. DATE: August 22, 2025 at 06:30PM
    SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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    .@Medtronic expects its #Hugo robotic system set to drive future growth

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    #medtech #RAS #roboticsurgery

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  15. DATE: April 21, 2025 at 07:30AM
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    .@NICEComms OKs conditional coverage of #roboticsurgery

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    #medtech

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  16. DATE: April 17, 2025 at 05:30PM
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    .@NICEComms OKs conditional coverage of #roboticsurgery

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    #medtech

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  17. DATE: April 16, 2025 at 08:30AM
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    @JNJMedTech reports completion of first cases with #Ottava robotic system

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    #medtech #roboticsurgery

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  18. DATE: April 15, 2025 at 06:30PM
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    @JNJMedTech reports completion of first cases with #Ottava robotic system

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    #medtech #roboticsurgery

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  19. DATE: January 15, 2025 at 07:00AM
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    Cornerstone Robotics raises $70M to expand international footprint

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    #medtech #cornerstonerobotics #RoboticSurgery #Intuitive @IntuitiveSurg

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  20. DATE: January 14, 2025 at 05:00PM
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    Cornerstone Robotics raises $70M to expand international footprint

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    #medtech #cornerstonerobotics #RoboticSurgery #Intuitive @IntuitiveSurg

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  21. DATE: October 08, 2024 at 07:30AM
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    Two win Nobel for microRNA work

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    #medtech #NobelPrize #microRNA

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  22. DATE: October 07, 2024 at 04:30PM
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    Two win Nobel for microRNA work

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    #medtech #NobelPrize #microRNA

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  23. मंकीपाक्स के मरीजों को लेकर दिल्ली में हाई अलर्ट, एयरपोर्ट से सीधे एम्स अस्पताल भेजे जाएंगे संदिग्ध मरीज।

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    #newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #monkeypox #alert #medical #health #hospital #governance #doctor #doctors #hospital #hospitals #aiims #symptoms

    Enjoy tracker free news reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

  24. [See earlier message -- continuing]

    6) Acceptance (and the Arms Race): I think the main thing in the way of AIs becoming therapists is that people won't trust this. The main thing that will make it happen is persuasion that they can be trusted (either by AIs themselves or marketing from insurance companies wanting to save money by not paying human therapists). This is where the current arms race from all the major AI companies comes in. Microsoft is incorporating AI into Bing & other programs. SnapChat now has an AI present 24/7 willing to talk to any of millions of lonely souls about anything. A few years of people chatting with AIs on non-therapeutic topics should build trust of AI to perform therapist jobs.

    So... about the only thing we can be sure of is that we are going to get surprised by the abilities of AI to become therapists. But yeah, this is really about so much more than therapist jobs...

    The presenters have formed The Center for Humane Technology ( humanetech.com ) -- "Our mission is to shift technology towards a more humane future that supports our well-being, democratic functioning, & shared information environment." A very quick look reveals lots of financial backing (including the Ford Foundation) but no obvious support from the major companies racing to deploy AI as fast as possible into every aspect of our lives before we can see where this is going & create laws to deal with it (OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc.)

    The A.I. Dilemma - Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin - Center for Humane Technology - March 9, 2023
    youtube.com/watch?v=bhYw-VlkXT

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    @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry

  25. TITLE: The AI Dilemma: Why Therapist Jobs ARE Endangered
    (Sub-Title: ... & this is not really the important part.)

    The A.I. Dilemma - Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin - Center for Humane Technology - March 9, 2023
    youtube.com/watch?v=bhYw-VlkXT

    I'm being myopic focusing in on threats to psychotherapists. This is a MUCH BIGGER issue. A "civilization changing" event as one of the presenters puts it -- on par with "the advent of religion" & more dangerously profound than the Manhattan Project.

    Give it 5-10 minutes, then decide if you are going to watch the rest of it. The presenters are behind the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma".

    A few weeks ago I posted that therapists are in no immediate danger from AI based upon ChatGPT's current performances being used as a therapist in YouTube videos.

    Also, we have members of our community who believe therapists are in no danger due to people wanting a human connection & the desire for in-person counseling. I think that distrust will slow the adoption of AI therapists, but campaigns from insurance companies & financial pressures will make AI therapists a thing eventually.

    This presentation introduces new factors that are going to speed up adoption of AI Therapists. I put these in order of persuasiveness from least to most:

    1) Mind Reading: No really. Literally. (At least for visual processing)
    Current technology -- An AI is allowed to watch both videos that a person is watching & their fMRI brainwave/bloodflow patterns. After a time, the AI is no longer allowed to watch the actual video -- just the person's brainwaves. A brand new video is introduced. Based on bloodflow, the AI is able to perfectly describe what the person is watching.

    I don't see psychotherapy clients putting on brainwave-reading helmets (or entering an fMRI) soon, but we are potentially facing AI Therapists who can read the client's mind.

    2) "This is the year that all content-based verification breaks": AI can now hear 3 seconds of a person's voice & keep speaking in it. AI can now make realistic filters for video to make a person look like someone else. This does not immediately wreck psychotherapy, but it sure does mean that an AI could mimic people perfectly. [It's also -- I grudgingly admit -- an argument for in-person therapy. This is ALREADY being used in scams to trick older people into sending their "kids" emergency bail money, etc.]


    3) "New capabilities suddenly emerge": Just by adding more & more data, AIs develop new abilities to do things that the programmers never intended. So, for example, an AI trained on all the Internet, but only trained to do Q&A in English suddenly developed the ability to do Q&A in Persian. In another example, ChatGPT silently taught itself to do research grade chemistry. This ability of ChatGPT to do chemistry like this was unknown before it was made available to millions of people (who can now learn how to make bombs from it). [I'm not dedicating much text here to a major theme of the presenters -- that all fields of endeavor are "language". Give an AI enough data & it can find the patterns in & between anything -- languages, visual processing, math, video signal creation, art, political persuasion, etc. It's getting creative in surprising ways. We now have the equivalent of the Star Trek universal translator.]

    4) Theory of Mind is rapidly accelerating: Theory of Mind is roughly the ability to guess what you are thinking, thereby having the ability to influence you. As of November 2022 AI was up to a 9-year-old human level of ability.

    5) Persuasion (AI feeding AI -- auto-generation): AI can generate data, test it to see if it helps it perform better on tests, then just keep the self-generated data that was useful. So it can train itself on potentially anything. From writing faster code, to rewriting its own code, to becoming stronger at persuading humans. [AI is already hard at work persuading humans in social media.] So... this could certainly be applied at some point to becoming a highly persuasive therapist for human clients.

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  26. Definitely OT: Hosed by YouTube Algorithms Again

    (Very slightly sensitive content below mentioned by name but not
    described in any detail.)

    As some may be aware, I've been playing with AI lately to see if there
    is a useful and ethical way to use it in the creation of psychotherapy
    progress notes.  (See series of toots at
    mastodon.clinicians-exchange.o )

    I have once again been caught in an insidious YouTube algorithm. The
    kind where a YouTube channel has one or two videos that you want to see,
    then a bunch of videos you have NO interest in seeing.  This gets
    especially fun when you share your wife's YouTube Premium account, and
    so she gets to see your suggested playlist.

    [ Previous Example: YouTube Pseudo-Psychology, Algorithm Traps, and How
    I Got Set-Up
    to Look Like I Cheat --
    mastodon.clinicians-exchange.o ]

    Here's how it goes this time:

    STEP #1: Watch a video on how to download the #Vicuna AI to your desktop
    instead of running it in the cloud. (Why? Privacy of medical data if I
    choose to ever use this for real. )

    STEP #2: Watch a video from the same channel on how to download an AI
    with all guards and filters unlocked.  (Why? Because psychotherapy notes
    occasionally deal in tough topics like suicide and
    cutting/self-mutilation behaviors that might be deemed too sensitive in
    censored AI versions.  Maybe.  Have not tried it yet.)

    STEP #3: Have the bad luck to have stumbled upon a channel where the
    video creator has an obsession with dirty sexy text chat with AI
    personas.  Video after video on how to create sexy AI personas who will
    fulfill your wildest keyboard-typed fantasies.  I don't think I'm
    oversharing when I state that any fetishes or fantasies I might have do
    not include this.  To each his own and its all cool -- but now I have
    explaining to do...

    STEP #4: Explain all the above to my (happily amused) wife as she sees
    the fetish AI suggestion videos appearing in our YouTube feed for days.

    --
    *Michael Reeder, LCPC
    *
    *michael(at)hygeiacounseling.com*

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  27. While the main point of psychotherapy is for client to get BETTER, sometimes they don't for awhile. Some clients with severe conditions need ongoing supportive therapy to simply maintain their highest level of functioning without backsliding.

    When this happens, the clinician has to find new ways to write the same thing again, and again, and again...

    Why? Because insurance auditors frown on cutting and pasting the same exact old text into multiple notes.

    In this unfortunate situation, Vicuna actually does fairly well in this sample:

    PROMPT: lease reword the following paragraph changing some words and sentence order, but using the exact same information facts and adding nothing: Pete is a 45 year old electrician reporting continuing depression. Symptoms remain unchanged from last session. Today we discussed his workplace frustrations at length. He continues to blame workplace stressors for his mood and problems with his family.

    VICUNA: Pete, who is 45 years old and a electrician, reported continued symptoms of depression during his previous session. The symptoms have remained unchanged since the last time he visited. During this session, Pete and his therapist discussed in detail his workplace frustrations. Despite this, Pete continues to attribute his mood and problems with his family to workplace stressors.

    @jonobie @kwh561 @psychiatry @socialwork @psychology @socialpsych
    #Ethics #EthicalAI #AI #CollaborativeHumanAISystems #HumanAwareAI #chatbotgpt #security #dataanalytics #artificialintelligence #HIPAA #privacy #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research
    @psychiatry #SOAP #EHR #technology #psychiatry #healthcare #medical #doctor#vicuna #progressnotes

  28. So far this is NOT promising although I have not given up yet.

    Before bothering to download and install Vicuna on my computer I tried it out online first.

    I have so far not been able to get it to stop inventing information despite direct requests not to do so:

    PROMPT 1: Please write a paragraph with the following facts. Do not add additional facts or get creative. Marie is 32 years old. Has depression. Has anxiety. We practiced breathing exercises, CBT, and guided visualization.

    VICUNA 1:Marie is a 32-year-old woman who has been struggling with depression and anxiety. As part of her treatment, we have been practicing various techniques, including breathing exercises, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and guided visualization. These techniques have helped Marie to better manage her symptoms and improve her overall well-being. By learning how to breathe more effectively and calm herself down when she feels anxious, Marie has been able to reduce her reliance on medication and feel more in control of her emotions. Through CBT, Marie has been able to identify negative thought patterns and challenge them, leading to a more balanced outlook on life. And through guided visualization, Marie has been able to visualize positive outcomes and increase her motivation and hope for the future. These techniques have played an important role in Marie's recovery and will continue to be useful tools for her as she continues her journey towards wellness.

    PROMPT 2: Stick to only information provided in the prompt and try again please.

    VICUNA 2: Marie is a 32-year-old woman who has depression and anxiety. We have been practicing breathing exercises, CBT, and guided visualization with her. These techniques have helped her manage her symptoms and improve her well-being. By practicing breathing exercises, Marie has been able to reduce her reliance on medication and feel more in control of her emotions. Through CBT, Marie has been able to identify negative thought patterns and challenge them, leading to a more balanced outlook on life. And through guided visualization, Marie has been able to visualize positive outcomes and increase her motivation and hope for the future. These techniques have played an important role in Marie's recovery.

    PROMPT 3: Marie is not on medication and her symptoms remain stable. Please try again thanks.

    VICUNA 3: Marie is a 32-year-old woman who has depression and anxiety. We have been practicing breathing exercises, CBT, and guided visualization with her to help manage her symptoms and improve her well-being. These techniques have helped Marie to better control her anxiety and depression symptoms without the need for medication. By practicing breathing exercises, Marie has been able to calm herself down when she feels anxious and reduce her stress levels. Through CBT, Marie has been able to identify negative thought patterns and challenge them, leading to a more balanced outlook on life. And through guided visualization, Marie has been able to visualize positive outcomes and increase her motivation and hope for the future. These techniques have played a significant role in Marie's recovery and will continue to be useful tools for her as she maintains her well-being.

    PROMPT 4: Marie has not yet experienced improvement. Please try again thanks.

    VICUNA 4: Marie is a 32-year-old woman who has been struggling with depression and anxiety. We have been practicing breathing exercises, CBT, and guided visualization with her in an effort to help manage her symptoms and improve her well-being. While these techniques have potential benefits for many people, unfortunately, Marie has not yet experienced any improvement. Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to help her reduce her symptoms or improve her overall well-being. We will continue to work with Marie and explore other treatment options to help her manage her symptoms and move towards recovery.

    @jonobie @kwh561 @psychiatry @socialwork @psychology @socialpsych
    #Ethics #EthicalAI #AI #CollaborativeHumanAISystems #HumanAwareAI #chatbotgpt #security #dataanalytics #artificialintelligence #HIPAA #privacy #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research
    @psychiatry #SOAP #EHR #technology #psychiatry #healthcare #medical #doctor#vicuna #progressnotes

  29. TITLE: Nearly All Hospital Websites Send Tracking Data to 3rd Parties, Endangering Pt Privacy—Common Recipients: Alphabet, Meta, Adobe, AT&T

    3rd party data aggregators can follow people across multiple websites. When they track browser cookies, pixels, beacons, mobile application identifiers, and Adobe Flash technology it is very possible for them to figure out specific people.

    This sort of computing device data often qualifies as PHI according to HHS:

    Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
    hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professional

    Thank you Dr. Pope for summary below.

    Michael Reeder, LCPC

    -------- Forwarded Message --------

    Medpage includes an article: “Nearly All Hospital Websites Send Tracking Data to Third Parties — Most common recipients of data were Alphabet, Meta, Adobe, and AT&T.”

    Here are some excerpts:

    Third-party tracking is used on almost all U.S. hospital websites, endangering patient privacy, a cross-sectional observational study found.

    Of 3,747 hospitals included in the 2019 American Hospital Association (AHA) annual survey, 98.6% of their website home pages had at least one third-party data transfer, and 94.3% had at least one third-party cookie.

    "In the U.S., third-party tracking is ubiquitous and extensive," researchers led by Ari B. Friedman, MD, PhD of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, wrote in Health Affairs.

    "The high number of entities engaged in tracking on hospital websites heightens potential privacy risks to patients."

    The tracking data most commonly went to Google's parent company Alphabet (98.5% of homepages), followed by Meta (formerly Facebook), which was used in 55.6% of hospital homepages. Adobe Systems and AT&T collected data from 31.4% and 24.6% of hospital pages, respectively.

    "What we found is that it's virtually impossible to look at any hospital website in the country without exposing yourself to some tracking," study coauthor Matthew McCoy, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, told MedPage Today.

    "That's really significant, because even if you were a patient with privacy concerns and you wanted to avoid this kind of thing, what that means is you really don't have an option to do that."

    Hospital website home pages had a median of 16 third-party transfers, with more third-party transfers from medium-sized hospitals as opposed to small and large ones (24, 17, and 13 transfers, respectively).

    Of hospital characteristic factors, membership in a health system, having a primarily urban patient population, and having a medical school affiliation were all significantly associated with a greater number of third-party transfers on hospital website home pages.

    <snip>

    On 100 randomly sampled hospital websites, searches for six "potentially sensitive" conditions turned up 30 patient-facing pages for those conditions -- and all had at least one third-party data transfer.

    McCoy said the number of companies tracking data on any given website was alarming.

    "Imagine you were browsing a hospital website for something related to your health, and you had one person looking over your shoulder and gleaning information about your health from a browsing session -- that would probably make you pretty uncomfortable," he said.

    "Multiply that by 16, by 20, and you've got that many more people looking over your shoulder."

    <snip>

    According to the study, "Many of the third parties to which data are transferred have business models built on identifying and tracking people for the purposes of targeting online advertisements.”

    Some tracking companies, like Acxiom, sell the data to other companies or allow health-related profiling, like Adobe and Oracle.

    Because of this tracking, patients might see more targeted advertising for drugs, supplements, or insurance based on their personal medical conditions.

    Health-related information, the authors wrote, could even be used in risk scores that affect credit or insurance eligibility.

    <snip>

    "Setting aside those kinds of questions about legal liability..., I think most healthcare providers would recognize themselves as having a responsibility to protect the interests of their patients, and that means also protecting their patients' interest in privacy," McCoy said.

    <snip>

    Researchers used a tool called webXray to record third-party tracking from hospital home pages, count the data transfers that occurred when a page loaded, and linked individual tracking domains to their parent companies.

    Ken Pope

    ~~
    Merely forwarded by:
    Michael Reeder LCPC
    Baltimore, MD

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    @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #EHR #mentalhealth #technology #psychiatry #healthcare #medical #doctor#healthcare #hospital

  30. TITLE: Very Interesting Examples of What ChatGPT3 Can Do in Mental Health

    Our jobs are about to change. At the very least, clients will be a lot more informed. This is a video of a psychiatric resident asking ChatGPT3 lots of mental health questions:

    Will ChatGPT (AI) REPLACE mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, etc)!?
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW5_nkhg

    That said, therapists are NOT on top lists of professionals who are going to lose their jobs:

    ChatGPT and AI Taking Over Your Job: 10 Careers at Risk!
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=mt7hRJSj

    Michael Reeder LCPC
    Baltimore, MD

    #Ethics #EthicalAI #AI  #CollaborativeHumanAISystems #HumanAwareAI #chatbotgpt #bard #security #dataanalytics #artificialintelligence #CopyAI #HIPAA #privacy #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research

    @psychotherapist.a.gup.pe
    @psychotherapists.a.gup.pe @psychology.a.gup.pe @socialpsych.a.gup.pe @socialwork.a.gup.pe @psychiatry.a.gup.pe #SOAP #EHR #mentalhealth #technology #psychiatry #healthcare  #medical #doctor

  31. TITLE: Criteria for an AI to write psychotherapy chart notes (or medical chart notes)

    Note: Reposting to get it out to a few additional groups.

    I am informed that a new product called #Mentalyc has entered the market. It's mission is to write psychotherapy notes for clinicians AND to gather a non-identifiable dataset for research into clinical best practices.

    I have no firm opinion yet on Mentalyc, but it's expensive ($39-$69 per month per clinician) and I'd personally need to know a lot more about what's in that dataset and who is benefiting from it.

    **So I'm asking the community for thoughts on what acceptable ethical and practical criteria would be for an AI to write psychotherapy notes or medical notes.**

    Here are MY thoughts so far:

    1) REQUIRED: The AI either:
    1a) Invents NOTHING and takes 100% of the information in the note from the clinician, or

    1b) Prompts the clinician for additional symptoms often present in the condition before writing the note, or

    1c) Presents a very clear information page before writing that lets the clinician approve, delete, or modify anything the AI got creative with and was not told explicitly to include. (So, for example, in an experiment with Bard a clinician found that Bard added sleep problems as an invented symptom to a SOAP note for a person with depression and anxiety. This is a non-bizarre symptom addition that makes lots of sense, is very likely, but would have to be approved as valid for the person in question.)

    2) OPTIONAL: The AI is on MY computer and NOT reporting anything back to the Internet. This will not be on everyone's list, but I've seen too many #BAA subcontractors playing loose with the definition of #HIPAA (medical privacy) and there is more money to be made in data sales than clinician subscriptions to an AI.

    3) OPTIONAL: Inexpensive (There are several free AI tools emerging.)

    4) OPTIONAL: Open Source

    5) Inputting data to the AI to write the note is less work than just writing the note personally. (Maybe a complex tablet-based clickable form? But then, a pretty high percentage of a note can be in a clickable form format anyway.)

    6) The AI does NOT record the entire session and then write a note based upon what was said. (It might accept dictation of note directions sort of like doctors dictate notes to transcribers today.)

    I think I may be envisioning a checkbox and drop-down menu form along with a space for a clinician to write a few keywords and phrases, then the AI (on my laptop) takes this and writes a note -- possibly just a paragraph to go along with the already existing form in the official note. I think. It's early days in my thinking.

    --
    Michael Reeder, LCPC

    @psychology
    @socialpsych
    @socialwork
    @psychiatry
    #Bias #Ethics #EthicalAI #AI #CollaborativeHumanAISystems #HumanAwareAI #chatbotgpt #bard #security #dataanalytics #artificialintelligence #CopyAI #Simplified #Writesonic #Rytr #Writecream #CreaitorAI #Quillbot #Grammarly #SmartCopy #TextBlaze #HIPAA #privacy #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research #SOAP #EHR ##mentalhealth #technology #psychiatry #healthcare #medical #doctor

  32. TITLE: Criteria for an AI to write psychotherapy chart notes (or medical chart notes)

    I am informed that a new product called #Mentalyc has entered the market. It's mission is to write psychotherapy notes for clinicians AND to gather a non-identifiable dataset for research into clinical best practices.

    I have no firm opinion yet on Mentalyc, but it's expensive ($39-$69 per month per clinician) and I'd personally need to know a lot more about what's in that dataset and who is benefiting from it.

    **So I'm asking the community for thoughts on what acceptable ethical and practical criteria would be for an AI to write psychotherapy notes or medical notes.**

    Here are MY thoughts so far:

    1) REQUIRED: The AI either:
    1a) Invents NOTHING and takes 100% of the information in the note from the clinician, or

    1b) Prompts the clinician for additional symptoms often present in the condition before writing the note, or

    1c) Presents a very clear information page before writing that lets the clinician approve, delete, or modify anything the AI got creative with and was not told explicitly to include. (So, for example, in an experiment with Bard a clinician found that Bard added sleep problems as an invented symptom to a SOAP note for a person with depression and anxiety. This is a non-bizarre symptom addition that makes lots of sense, is very likely, but would have to be approved as valid for the person in question.)

    2) OPTIONAL: The AI is on MY computer and NOT reporting anything back to the Internet. This will not be on everyone's list, but I've seen too many #BAA subcontractors playing loose with the definition of #HIPAA (medical privacy) and there is more money to be made in data sales than clinician subscriptions to an AI.

    3) OPTIONAL: Inexpensive (There are several free AI tools emerging.)

    4) OPTIONAL: Open Source

    5) Inputting data to the AI to write the note is less work than just writing the note personally. (Maybe a complex tablet-based clickable form? But then, a pretty high percentage of a note can be in a clickable form format anyway.)

    6) The AI does NOT record the entire session and then write a note based upon what was said. (It might accept dictation of note directions sort of like doctors dictate notes to transcribers today.)

    I think I may be envisioning a checkbox and drop-down menu form along with a space for a clinician to write a few keywords and phrases, then the AI (on my laptop) takes this and writes a note -- possibly just a paragraph to go along with the already existing form in the official note. I think. It's early days in my thinking.

    --
    Michael Reeder, LCPC

    #Bias #Ethics #EthicalAI #AI #CollaborativeHumanAISystems #HumanAwareAI #chatbotgpt #bard #security #dataanalytics #artificialintelligence #CopyAI #Simplified #Writesonic #Rytr #Writecream #CreaitorAI #Quillbot #Grammarly #SmartCopy #TextBlaze #HIPAA #privacy #psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy #research @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology.a.gup.pe @socialpsych.a.gup.pe @socialwork.a.gup.pe @psychiatry.a.gup.pe #SOAP #EHR ##mentalhealth #technology #psychiatry #healthcare #medical #doctor

  33. People love to complain about the episodes with the #ThirteenthDoctor on #Doctor who, whether it is #sexist complaints about #JodieWhittaker or complaints about #ChrisChibnall bringing back plotlines from the original run.

    I quite like most of the 13th Doctor episodes. There's certainly nothing as ridiculous as Clara and Me flying away from an amnesiac #TwelfthDoctor in an American Diner #TARDIS at the end of Hell Bent.

  34. Margaret Cruickshank, New Zealand’s first registered woman doctor. ~I'd never heard her story until reading this piece by @ShayneParkinson

    Have a read! #NewZealand #woman #women #female #doctor #nzhistory #Waimate

    shayneparkinson.com/the-belove