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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

To diagnose and treat a patient, a healthcare professional listens to the patient, reads their health files, looks at medical images and interprets laboratory results. ” Patient points to lower abdomen. M-LLM (Translating for Specialist): “The patient is pointing to the lower abdomen.”

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Degree of Weight Loss Affects Tirzepatide-Linked Cardiometabolic Risk Improvement

Physician's Weekly

. “Understanding whether there are specific thresholds of weight reduction associated with minimum or maximum cardiometabolic benefits may assist clinicians in tailoring weight reduction goals to individual patients seeking to reduce their cardiometabolic risk,” the authors write.

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The Rising Tide of Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement

My Green Doctor

Innovative surgeries, novel pharmaceuticals, and state of the art technology are just a few of the driving forces that have aided the delivery of exceptional care to patients across all specialties. Dilating and anesthetic eye drops are used routinely to treat patients in most ophthalmology clinics. 3 “Each U.S. 3 “Each U.S.

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Minnesota Proposes to Reduce Opioid Product Registration Fees Related to Hospitals

FDA Law

Richardson — A recent proposed amendment to Minnesota’s Opiate Product Registration Fee appears intended to ensure continued availability of certain opiate products at hospitals. Whether HF33 is enacted or not, state legislative initiatives aimed at combatting the opioid epidemic continue to be a moving target for opioid manufacturers.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out. Dilating and anesthetic eye drops are routinely offered to patients in most ophthalmology clinics. hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. Switching to renewable energy.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law

Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers.

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Out At Home: FDA’s Vocal Support of Home Testing but Reluctance to Clear Novel OTC Home Tests

FDA Law

He also identified “Next-Generation Home-based Testing Technologies, including new IVDs, Digital Lateral Flow Readers, and Reporting Technologies” as an opportunity to “extend care from the hospital and clinic into the home setting.” This makes seeking clearance of an OTC home test a risky business endeavor.