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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

In our direct primary care setting, we take the time to deep-dive and explain options to our patients so they’re comfortable with a diagnosis and treatment plan that might not require an X-ray. An MRI augments and adds confidence to our clinical diagnosis. As you heal, check in with your direct primary care physician.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. In the ’70s and ’80s, there were a lot of efforts to build AI programs, and the first problem that they tried to tackle was diagnosis.