"There are some insightful articles covering healthcare and AI in the December quarterly edition of the World Medical Journal: World Medical Journal – WMA – The World Medical Association (The journal is published quarterly and has reflected the aims and activities of the World Medical Association WMA Since 1954. 2024 marked the seventieth anniversary of the appearance of the World Medical Journal (WMJ).) https://www.wma.net/publications/world-medical-journal/
Cortes, Philip, Cathala, Mukkamala, Chapman. “Navigating the Dialogue on Using Artificial Intelligence in Medical Practice at the 76th WMA General Assembly” “The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and language model tools in medical practice requires that systems are tested and validated into existing workflow. The incorporation of AI capabilities into health system processes is constrained by established and traditional regulatory and governance frameworks which hinder the immediate implementation of AI tools.”
Pablo Requena “Potential Gains of Using Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Lie Beyond Technology Itself” “Pablo Requena argues that the benefits of AI in primary care ultimately depend on AI's potential contribution to improving the doctor–patient relationship and on professionals continuing to prioritise training in empathy, compassion, and communication skills structural and human factors rather than on the technology itself.”
Jacob Mathew, Jesse Ehrenfeld “Building Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Physicians” write that specific reflections remain about Artificial intelligence (AI) in medical practice. How safe and accurate are AI tools, and how will they fit into real-time clinical workflows, will AI help reduce the pressures that physicians face, will it introduce new complications, and how can AI strengthen, rather than weaken, the physician patient relationship?”
Hui Yin, Weili Zhao. “Artificial Intelligence Empowering Quality Primary Healthcare in China” “Global health systems today face converging pressures, including demographic ageing, growing burden of non-communicable diseases, and persistent disparities in the distribution of medical resources. anchored in community based, preventive, and continuous care. Primary Health Care PHC -has become the cornerstone for achieving universal health coverage. Innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as critical instruments in addressing these global health challenges”
Helena Chapman, Richard Fitton “Interview with the Family Medicine Expert in Patient Access to Records and Patient Safety” Considers ethical considerations that continue to challenge physicians with incorporating patient access to their records into digital health, lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, how to lead efforts to facilitate patient access to their records, the anticipated spread of health apps and of patient access to their records, the need to protect data and privacy, and innovative tools that might help physicians to learn more about patient access to digital records?
Edward S Dove: “Health Privacy Law: Getting the Balance of Interests Right” - Health privacy law comprises confidentiality law, privacy law, data protection law, and laws governing access to health records. these legal frameworks may be conjoined or separate, and depend on the jurisdiction in question. In some instances, they are non-existent.”
HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com