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Can generative artificial intelligence help clinicians better manage patient messages?

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By Spencer D. Dorn, Joshua Mansour, Christine Bechtel, Michael McGuire
| The Podcast by KevinMD Verified
In today’s digitized, on-demand world, patients frequently use portals to send their physicians questions and requests. Today, physicians receive 57 percent more patient messages than before the pandemic. They spend the highest proportion of their inbox time on these messages, often responding after hours. While messaging is an essential care access point, high volume strains the thinly–stretched health care workforce and may contribute to burnout.
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It takes a village to strengthen patient-provider relationships

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By Joe Nicholson, Christine Bechtel, Michael McGuire, Steven Zhang
| The Podcast by KevinMD Verified
A recent study in Annals of Family Medicine confirms what many providers have long believed: stronger patient-provider relationships can yield better patient health outcomes. It only stands to reason. Patients and providers can better understand and manage health conditions when communicating regularly and sharing information openly. This is especially beneficial when patients have multiple chronic conditions.
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My doctor made me cry. It summed up everything that's wrong with health care.

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By Christine Bechtel
| Yahoo News Verified
I'd never cried in a doctor's office. But there I was, a few weeks back, sobbing in the exam room. As a new resident of Fort Myers, Florida, I was trying to establish a relationship with a local primary care physician. From the start, the doctor's focus was her computer, not me. She stared at a screen, while I stared off into space. She challenged me on why I had an inhaler prescribed by a previous doctor. I explained that hay fever leaves me short of breath.
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