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- 1AI is increasingly deciding who receives medical careβAI is deciding whether or not people receive medical care
Insurers in the United States are using artificial intelligence algorithms to help decide whether to approve or deny coverage for medical care, including for patients in UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, Cigna and Humana plans. Vox's Good Medicine newsletter examines the practice, and critics warn the tools can wrongly delay or deny treatments that doctors consider necessary.
- 2Doctors weigh in on the microdosing Ozempic trendβΌIs microdosing Ozempic safe? An obesity medicine doctor on the trend, the risks, and when a low dose makes sense
People are taking smaller-than-prescribed doses of Ozempic, known as microdosing, hoping to lose weight while avoiding side effects. An obesity medicine doctor says the practice carries risks, is not well studied, and that low doses only make sense in specific cases under medical supervision, warning against self-adjusting doses of the drug.
- 3Healthcare urged to cut its environmental footprintβRethinking healthcare to reduce its environmental impact
Healthcare systems are being pressed to rethink how they operate in order to reduce their environmental impact. Hospitals and medical services are significant sources of emissions and waste, and industry commentators argue that greener practices, from supply chains to energy use, are needed. The debate is part of a wider push to align health services with climate goals.
- 4AI improves doctors' skills but may hurt medical students' learningβAI made me a better doctor. Itβs made medicine students worse
A doctor argues that artificial intelligence has improved their own practice while making medical students worse, raising concerns that reliance on AI tools is eroding trainees' clinical reasoning and foundational skills. The piece has sparked debate over how AI should be used in medical education without weakening the training of the next generation of doctors.