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AI Alerts Versus Clinical Judgment: A Point-Counterpoint on the New Medical Error
August 3, 2026
When the Algorithm Speaks First Decision often begins before the clinical encounter starts. I open the chart and immediately see a banner alert identifying a patient as high risk for sepsis or...
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A Giant Leap: Lessons from the Early Days of Generative AI Meets Healthcare
July 1, 2026
Robert Wachter, MD, returned to the SHM Converge mainstage and took attendees on a tour of his perspective on artificial intelligence (AI). Drawing from the more than 100 interviews he conducted as...
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Updates from the Frontier: Large Language Models, Diagnosis, and Clinical Reasoning
July 1, 2026
In an exciting demonstration of what could be the future of diagnosis and clinical reasoning, Daniel Restrepo, MD, SFHM, went toe-to-toe with an artificial intelligence (AI) tool known as Dr. CaBot....
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Curriculum and Educational Implications of AI
May 1, 2026
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), represents an inflection point for medical education. AI is reshaping how trainees acquire knowledge, synthesize...
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How are AI’s Seismic Transformations Impacting Front-line Hospitalists?
February 2, 2026
Dr. Skandhan Amith Skandhan, MD, FACP, SFHM, a hospitalist and associate professor at UT Health in San Antonio, is so fascinated by the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform...
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Hospitalist-Led AI Research
February 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering hospital medicine at a moment when the field needs it most and when the risks of getting it wrong are high. For many hospitalists, interest in AI has grown...
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AI and the Hospitalist: Between Promise and Prudence
February 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly moved from novelty to near inevitability in hospital medicine. While tools like ChatGPT captured public attention in 2022, AI had already been shaping...
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Digital Health Technologies in Perioperative Medicine
July 2, 2025
Digital health technologies, particularly with the advancement of artificial intelligence systems, are a growing area of interest in modern medicine. While research remains in relatively early...
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Peering Into a Crystal Ball: Leveraging EMR Tools to Predict Clinical Deterioration and How to Intervene
July 2, 2025
As hospitalists at SHM Converge 2025 in Las Vegas, we may have wished for a crystal ball to win big at the tables. However, our professional aspirations focus on predicting which patients may...
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Toward a Medical Superintelligence: Reasoning Models and the Race Towards a Strange New World in Clinician-Computer Collaboration
July 1, 2025
The original title of this talk was “A Turing Test for Clinical Reasoning: Large Language Models and the Future of Diagnosis.” A lot can happen in a year, so now we find ourselves “Turing” in...