The Future of Training: How Virtual Reality Can Protect Clinicians from Healthcare-associated Infections

VR allows learners to actually ‘see’ the virtual germs responsible for causing infections and spreading disease, which could otherwise only be seen under a microscope. The technology also heightens users’ senses, drawing their attention to things they would be unable to see in traditional learning environments.  The post The Future of Training: How Virtual Reality…

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Carrot Fertility Unveils Virtual Menopause and Midlife Health Clinic

Carrot Fertility’s new menopause and midlife health clinic, called Telemedicine for Menopause, will become available to U.S. members with a Carrot Plan starting in March. Members will be able to schedule a telehealth appointment with a menopause specialist and receive prescriptions for hormone therapy and other menopause-related medications if needed. The post Carrot Fertility Unveils…

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Patient-Facing AI: Separating Signal from Noise

LLMs, with their remarkable conversational abilities, are uniquely positioned to help solve this crisis. But as with the dotcom boom before it, the surge of AI ‘therapists’ has created a turbulent landscape where separating legitimate innovation from dangerous shortcuts isn’t straightforward. The post Patient-Facing AI: Separating Signal from Noise appeared first on MedCity News.

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Para trabajadores agrícolas de California, las consultas con médicos mexicanos a distancia llenan un vacío

SALINAS, California. — Este valle costero, que se hizo famoso gracias al novelista John Steinbeck, a veces se conoce cariñosamente como “la ensaladera de Estados Unidos”, aunque la siembra y la cosecha las realizan principalmente inmigrantes de México. Para Taylor Farms, que es uno de los principales proveedores mundiales de ensaladas envasadas y verduras cortadas,…

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DEI Is Now a Four Letter Word

By KIM BELLARD I’d love to be writing about something fun. Something that makes us think about things in a new way, or something exciting that will take us into the future. There are lots of such things happening, but there’s too many Orwellian actions happening that I can’t be silent about. Diversity, we’re told,…

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