Patients with undiagnosed conditions often experience frustration and lose trust in health care. This article suggests how faculty in academic health centers can prepare their students and trainees to respond with care to the vulnerabilities and needs of patients seeking…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about the evolution of electronic health records in street health care practice. The featured guest is Brett Feldman, the Director and…
Since health care organizations implemented widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), clinicians’ notes about patients’ care have become longer and more cumbersome, a phenomenon colloquially known as “note bloat.” Bulky templates and blocks of data take time to sort…
This commentary on a case analyzes how integrating ambient listening and transcription technologies powered by artificial intelligence into the electronic health record documentation process influences documentation practices and clinical encounters. The commentary offers best-practice recommendations for informed consent processes and…
Break-the-glass, or break-glass functions require an EHR user to enter additional authentication information and documentation of a specific business reason for accessing a patient record before they can enter a patient’s chart that is subject to heightened restrictions. The feature,…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about key ideas from disability ethics that can inform our thinking about age-related biases and how medicalizing aging affects our health,…
Advances in epigenetic age estimation are now applied in actuarial science to make risk assessment more precise. But such health insurance underwriting practices pose ethical and legal questions about discrimination, privacy, and equity in biological data use. Legal adaptations, such…
Documenting one’s assessment of a patient’s physical appearance during a clinical encounter is regarded as a key element in a clinician’s overall judgment of a patient’s health. This article considers ethically and clinically relevant uses and misuses of such appraisals…
This commentary on a case considers how clinicians should help patients interpret results of tests that might be personally meaningful but not clinically actionable. Tests of biological age, for example, can easily lead to patient misunderstandings that can increase risks…
As augmented intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into clinical practice, physicians must navigate new ethical and operational challenges. AI tools can enhance diagnostic accuracy, streamline workflows, and support personalized care, while also introducing concerns related to reliability, bias, transparency, privacy,…
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