In the fall of 2024, artificial intelligence-powered ambient scribe technology was rolled out across the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) health system, allowing otolaryngologists and other clinicians to transcribe conversations with patients into text with just a click of a button.
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.
This article is the first in a series of five that looks at the broad dimensions of AI within the context of healthcare in general and otolaryngology where apt. This first article describes basic principles of AI and how these technologies are currently used in healthcare.
The Procreate application was utilized on iPad Pro to intraoperatively annotate 3D renderings of head and neck surgical defects and resection specimens. By using Procreate on an iPad, the surgeon could annotate intraoperatively without breaking scrub to indicate the breadth of supplemental margins harvested in real time.
When it comes to digital platforms meant to ease the prior approval burden, many procedures can receive almost instantaneous approval after a few keyboard clicks, but when a case isn’t cookie-cutter, these tools often aren’t very helpful—and might even make the process more of a headache than it would have been back in the old days.
Digital health consists of the technologies that can help patients make an appointment with their provider with the use of an app on their smartphone.
Recent advances in intraoperative, near-infrared imaging technology may offer effective tools for surgeons to help avoid negative outcomes.
Although the science of 3D printing is more than 30 years old, its appication in treating infants and children with airway conditions is much newer.
With the onslaught of all of this new technology, how do we make sure we balance humanity with our increasing reliance on machines?