BMC medical informatics and decision making
Nov 26, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising tool to enhance medical practice and improve patient outcomes. However, introducing AI in interactions between patients, support persons (SPs) and physicians may create real or perceived informa...
PURPOSE: Globally, approximately 300 million people live with a rare disease, while in the United States, nearly 30 million, or 1 in 10 Americans, have a rare disease or disorder (RD) (The Lancet Global Health. Lancet Glob Health 2024. https://doi.or...
BACKGROUND: The increasing volume and complexity of biomedical literature pose challenges for making scientific knowledge accessible to lay audiences. Lay summaries, now widely encouraged or required by journals, aim to bridge this gap by promoting h...
BACKGROUND: The rapid expansion of virtual care during COVID-19 accelerated the development of virtual hospital-at-home models, which deliver hospital-level care in patients' homes through remote monitoring, virtual communication, and in-person suppo...
Healthcare delivery systems face mounting administrative complexity that contributes to clinician burnout, medical errors, and reduced access to care for patients. This editorial explores how automation and artificial intelligence (AI) can address ke...
BACKGROUND: Medical oaths and ethical codes play a crucial role in guiding physicians through their professional responsibilities. This study extends prior research on ethical codes created by students at the Medical School for International Health (...
BACKGROUND: Due to its association with multimorbidity, frailty gives rise to multidimensional needs for different services. Too often, patient preferences and service encounter information are not adequately shared.
Patient-reported symptoms provide valuable insights into patient experiences and can enhance healthcare quality; however, effectively capturing them remains challenging. Although natural language processing (NLP) models have been developed to extract...
This article examines the importance of patient-centered research in radiology with an emphasis on incorporating the patient perspective to improve patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and research relevance. The methods for effective patient engagement ...
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