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SUMMARY:AI chatbots and mental health: How to report responsibly on a new risk
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots can provide round-the-clock access to supportive “conversations\,” which some people are using as a substitute for interactions with licensed mental health clinicians or friends. But users may develop dependencies on the tools and mistake these transactions for real relationships with people or true therapy. Recent news stories have discussed the dangers of chatbots’ fabricated\, supportive nature. In some incidents\, people developed AI-related psychosis or were supported in their plans to commit suicide. \n\n\n\nWhat is it about this technology that sucks people in? Who is at risk? How can you report on these conditions sensitively? Join moderator Karen Blum and an expert panel\, including psychiatrists John Torous\, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center); Keith Sakata\, M.D. (UC San Francisco)\, and Mashable Senior Reporter Rebecca Ruiz\, to learn more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader for Health ITKaren Blum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health IT. She’s an independent health and science journalist\, based in the Baltimore area. She has written for publications such as the Baltimore Sun\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Clinical Laboratory News\, Cancer Today\, CURE\, AARP.org\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition; covered numerous medical conferences for trade magazines and news services; and written many profiles and articles on medical and science research as well as trends in health care and health IT. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and chairs its Virtual Education Committee; and a member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and its freelance committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Ruiz\n\n\n\nSenior reporter\, MashableRebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health\, digital culture\, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention\, screen use and mental health\, parenting\, youth well-being\, and meditation and mindfulness. Rebecca’s experience prior to Mashable includes working as a staff writer\, reporter\, and editor at NBC News Digital and as a staff writer at Forbes. Rebecca has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a master’s degree from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeith Sakata\, M.D.\n\n\n\nPsychiatry resident\, UC San FranciscoKeith Sakata\, M.D.\, is a psychiatry resident at the University of California\, San Francisco\, where he founded the Mental Health Innovation and Digital Hub (MINDHub) to advance AI-enabled care delivery. He provides treatment and psychotherapy across outpatient and specialty clinics\, with a focus on dual diagnosis\, PTSD\, OCD\, pain\, and addiction.  \n\n\n\nDr. Sakata previously trained in internal medicine at Stanford Health Care and co-founded Skript\, a diagnostic training platform adopted by UCSF and Stanford that improved medical education outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. He currently serves as Clinical Lead at Sunflower\, an addiction recovery startup. He also helps and advises startups working to improve access in mental health: including Two Chairs\, and Circuit Breaker Labs\, which is providing a safety layer for AI tools in mental health care.  \n\n\n\nHis professional interests bridge psychiatry\, neuroscience\, and digital innovation. Dr. Sakata holds a B.S. in Neurobiology from UC Irvine and earned his M.D. from UCSF. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Torous\, M.D.\, MBI\n\n\n\nDirector\, Digital Psychiatry\, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterJohn Torous\, M.D.\, MBI\, is director of the digital psychiatry division in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)\, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospital\, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and associate professor. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences and received an undergraduate degree in the field from UC Berkeley before attending medical school at UC San Diego. He completed his psychiatry residency\, fellowship in clinical informatics and master’s degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard.  \n\n\n\nTorous is active in investigating the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and his team supports mindapps.org as the largest database of mental health apps\, the mindLAMP technology platform for scalable digital phenotyping and intervention\, and the Digital Navigator program to promote digital equity and access. Torous has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and five book chapters on the topic. He directs the Digital Psychiatry Clinic at BIDMC\, which seeks to improve access to and quality of mental health care through augmenting treatment with digital innovations.  \n\n\n\nTorous serves as editor-in-chief for the journal JMIR Mental Health\, web editor for JAMA Psychiatry\, and a member of various American Psychiatric Association committees.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ai-chatbots-and-mental-health-how-to-report-responsibly-on-a-new-risk/
CATEGORIES:Health IT,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Telehealth on the line: What could happen this spring?
DESCRIPTION:As part of the American Relief Act signed by President Biden in December\, certain telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries were extended only until the end of March 2025 — instead of a three-year extension as proposed in a Continuing Resolution. These benefits and the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program are now set to expire on March 31. Some areas\, like in-home cardiology rehabilitation visits\, were left out of this extension. \n\n\n\nIn this AHCJ webinar\, Kyle Zebley\, senior vice president of public policy for the American Telemedicine Association and executive director of ATA Action — an affiliated advocacy group — will spell out what services are covered in this extension\, what was omitted\, and what updates we might expect to see during the next few weeks of President Trump’s second administration. You’ll walk away with story ideas and insights to inform your reporting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader for Health ITKaren Blum is an independent health and science journalist\, based in the Baltimore area. She has written for publications such as the Baltimore Sun\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Clinical Laboratory News\, Cancer Today\, CURE\, AARP.org\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition; covered numerous medical conferences for trade magazines and news services; and written many profiles and articles on medical and science research as well as trends in health care and health IT. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and chairs its Virtual Education Committee; and a member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and its freelance committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyle Zebley. Photo by Christopher Huang\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyle Zebley\n\n\n\nSenior VP of public policy\, American Telemedicine Association & executive director\, ATA ActionZebley works with and on behalf of the American Telemedicine Association and members of ATA Action (an affiliated advocacy organization) and like-minded organizations to eliminate barriers to the expansion of telehealth and ensure patients\, providers\, and payers can realize the benefits of virtual care. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining ATA\, Zebley was the chief of staff in the Office of Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He collaborated with senior leadership from HHS\, the White House and other cabinet departments to develop\, advise and promote U.S. global health policy\, including in areas such as drug pricing\, medical devices\, global health security and non-communicable diseases. \n\n\n\nHe is a sought-after policy expert and frequently quoted in major media coverage of telehealth. In January 2022\, Zebley was named by Politico as one of the “Four Washington players poised to shape digital health in 2022.”
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/telehealth-on-the-line-what-could-happen-this-spring-2/
CATEGORIES:Health IT,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Biased devices: Reporting on racial bias in health algorithms and products
DESCRIPTION:Doctors measure health in many ways\, from routine blood tests for cholesterol or kidney function to using devices like spirometers to test lung function or pulse oximeters for blood oxygen levels. But the results of these routine tests can be misleading because some tests and devices are skewed by algorithms that produce different results depending on a person’s race or ethnicity. Some devices don’t work as well for people with darker skin tones.  \n\n\n\nThese biases can lead to delayed diagnoses and care for Black\, Hispanic\, Asian\, and other communities of color. Now\, clinicians\, regulators and researchers are working to address inequities caused by the misuse of race. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will cover the fast-moving\, complex space of racial disparities in algorithms and devices. Join Doris Duke Racial Equity in Clinical Equations Civic Science Fellow Jyoti Madhusoodanan and AHCJ Health IT Beat Leader Karen Blum to learn how these algorithms and devices work\, how bias creeps in\, the toll it takes\, and efforts to solve this problem.  \n\n\n\nPanelists for this discussion are University of Michigan pulmonologist Michael Sjoding\, who presented evidence to an FDA advisory committee on how racial bias in pulse oximeters endangers Black patients; and University of Pennsylvania gastroenterologist Shazia Siddique\, who recently led an AHRQ-funded systematic review on clinical algorithms and racial disparities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health IT Beat LeaderKaren Blum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health IT. She’s an independent health and science journalist\, based in the Baltimore area. She has written for publications such as the Baltimore Sun\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Clinical Laboratory News\, Cancer Today\, CURE\, AARP.org\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition; covered numerous medical conferences for trade magazines and news services; and written many profiles and articles on medical and science research as well as trends in health care and health IT. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and chairs its Virtual Education Committee; and a member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and its freelance committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nJyoti Madhusoodanan\n\n\n\nDoris Duke Racial Equity in Clinical Equations Civic Science FellowJyoti Madhusoodanan is AHCJ’s Civic Science Fellow\, covering race in health algorithms as part of a year-long fellowship funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. She is an independent science and health journalist who regularly covers biomedical research\, health equity\, clinical trials\, and the translation of basic research into clinical care. Her reporting on race adjustments in clinical algorithms was supported by a 2020 project fellowship from the MIT Knight Science Journalism program; reporting on other topics has received fellowship support from the Alicia Patterson Foundation\, the GSA Journalists in Aging program\, and others. Madhusoodanan is a senior contributor to Undark magazine and her work regularly appears in Nature\, Scientific American\, and other outlets. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Science Writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShazia Siddique M.D.\, M.S.H.P.\n\n\n\nGastroenterologist & health policy researcher\, University of PennsylvaniaDr. Shazia Siddique M.D.\, M.S.H.P.\, is assistant professor of medicine\, division of gastroenterology; associate director for research\, Center for Evidence-Based Practice; director of research\, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety (CHIPS); senior fellow\, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics\, University of Pennsylvania.  \n\n\n\nSiddique is a physician-scientist with expertise in health services research and health equity. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology\, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics\, and Senior Scholar for the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Sjoding\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\n\n\n\nAssociate professor of medicine\, University of Michigan Division of Pulmonary and Critical CareDr. Sjoding received his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago. At the University of Michigan\, he completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship and received a master’s degree in health care research. His research focuses on developing novel digital tools to improve hospital care for patients with acute respiratory diseases.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/biased-devices-reporting-on-racial-bias-in-health-algorithms-and-products/
CATEGORIES:Algorithms and Health Disparities,Health IT,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Open wide: Covering the growing field of AI and dentistry
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence has been making its way into dentistry. New AI software products have emerged that could enhance dentists’ ability to detect tooth decay\, cavities or bone loss and propose treatments before dental health worsens. The FDA already has approved eight such AI products\, with more to come\, and some large corporate dental chains have already begun using them.In this webinar\, we’ll go over how these products work\, their benefits and limitations\, what’s on the horizon\, and how to cover this growing field. Roya Zandparsa\, a dentist who lectures at Tufts and Harvard universities\, and Casey Ross\, national technology correspondent for STAT\, will discuss how the products work and are being incorporated into dental care\, what we might expect in the future\, and how to report on this trend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health IT. She’s an independent health and science journalist based in the Baltimore area. She has written for publications such as the Baltimore Sun\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Clinical Laboratory News\, Cancer Today\, CURE\, AARP.org\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition; covered numerous medical conferences for trade magazines and news services; and written many profiles and articles on medical and science research as well as trends in health care and health IT. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and chairs its Virtual Education Committee; and a member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and its freelance committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoya Zandparsa\, D.D.S.\, M.Sc.\, D.M.D.\, F.I.C.D.\, is a clinical professor and biomaterials course director at the Department of Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and a lecturer at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She also is vice president of innovation and development at Qualitas Dental Partners Organization\, the founder & CEO of Expert Dental Advisory\, the president-elect of the American Association of Women Dentists\, the past president of American Academy of Dental Science\, and a Fellow of the International College of Dentistry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCasey Ross is a national technology correspondent at STAT. His reporting examines the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety\, fairness\, and privacy. Before joining STAT in 2016\, he wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Boston Globe\, where he worked on the Spotlight Team in 2014 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/02/open-wide-covering-the-growing-field-of-ai-and-dentistry/
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