Artificial Intelligence and Family Medicine.

Journal: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
PMID: 39455271

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is certainly going to have a large, potentially huge, impact on the practice of family medicine. The specialty is fortunate to have leading experts in the field to guide us along the way. One such team of forward thinkers provides insights into where AI can take the specialty. Another article reports on how well AI performed on the American Board of Family Medicine In-Training Examination. In addition to AI, we have 3 articles that investigate the intersection of social needs and the practice of medicine. Four clinical review articles cover nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, headache treatments, single maintenance and reliever therapy for asthma, and the use of cannabis in the setting of chronic pain. The clinical research articles cover point-of-care hemoglobin A1c testing, continuous glucose monitoring, and screening for HIV. Another group of articles examines the profession of family medicine, covering topics ranging from how women family physicians negotiate their first jobs to the words we use to define primary care.

Authors

  • Dean A Seehusen
    Affiliations: Editor in Chief, Family Medicine; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Health Sciences Learning Center750 Highland Avenue Madison, WI (SS); Deputy Editor, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia,Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Editor in Chief, American Family Physician and FP Essentials; Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC (SMS); Editor in Chief, Annals of Family Medicine; Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Richmond St, Providence, RI (CRR); Editor in Chief, Evidence-Based Practice; University of Washington/Valley Medical Center FMR, Renton, WA (JN); Scientific Editor, Canadian Family Physician; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario (NP); Editor in Chief, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine; Veterans Health Administration (MAB); Deputy Editor, Family Medicine; Family and Preventive Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT (JR); Editor in Chief, PRiMER; Departments of Public Health & Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Weiskotten Hall, NY (CPM); Editor in Chief, Family Medicine and Community Health; Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, VA (LL); Medical Editor, FPM; Pioneer Physicians Network (JDD).
  • Marjorie A Bowman
  • Jacqueline Britz
  • Christy J W Ledford

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