Designing parental leave is part of a broader issue of acknowledging that physicians have other things going on in their lives—personal and family.

Designing parental leave is part of a broader issue of acknowledging that physicians have other things going on in their lives—personal and family.
Being fully informed about the logistics of family-planning efforts—whether it’s fertility preservation, in vitro fertilization, or surrogate parenting—and being your own advocate can help physicians through this challenging terrain of work-life integration.
It’s critical that otolaryngologists become familiar with, educated about, and unafraid of AI to prepare for the inevitable integration of AI applications into their practices.
Commercial-grade, app-based pure tone audiometry demonstrates an overall strong correlation and accuracy with traditional audiometry, but it is not intended to replace an evaluation performed in a controlled environment with calibrated equipment and a skillfully trained clinician.
Value-Based Compensation model can be considered advantageous because it evens the playing field between proceduralists and non-proceduralists, but defining value and implementing VBC can be challenging.
In examples of academic submissions with “fake” references, journal staff and reviewers must be able to detect inappropriate use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT.
Virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and mixed realities (MR) all fall under the umbrella of extended reality (XR) and are characterized by extending a user’s experience into different worlds via technology that simulates those realms. In healthcare, currently, one of the main uses of XR occurs during surgery.
As with any powerful new technology, excitement over the real and potential benefits of LLMs within healthcare will need to be continually evaluated against real and potential risks. With the launch of ChatGPT for general usage, the time has arrived to weigh in on this balancing act as more people adopt the technology.
This article provides a brief foundational understanding of generative AI and describes examples of its current and potential uses in healthcare, as well as the experience of some otolaryngologists in their early adoption of generative AI programs designed to help ease the burdensome task of documentation.
While the economics of running an otolaryngology practice seem to get more challenging each year, financiers see plenty of opportunity for profit.