ChatGPT in health: the potential benefits, impacts & risks

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The use of AI in health care is rapidly expanding in many areas from documentation, diagnostics, to disease prediction. Trending artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a complex machine learning tool based on a large language model consisting of a neural network with many parameters, trained on large quantities of text.

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Embrace the future of health care at OMD EDUCATES: Digital Health Conference 2023

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By Taylor Veenstra, Communications & Marketing Intern, Are you ready to unlock the full potential of digital health in your practice? OntarioMD (OMD) is thrilled to announce the return of our highly anticipated fourth annual 2023 Digital Health Conference. Mark your calendars for September 28 as we gather back in person at the Beanfield Centre in Toronto for a day that aims to enhance and inspire your approach to patient care.

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A Doctors’ Day Tribute — Honouring Canada’s Health Care Heroes

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By Cedaleia Graham, Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist Physicians play a crucial role in ensuring the health and well-being of individuals and communities. They are the pillars of our health care system, dedicating their lives to saving lives, providing medical care, and improving…

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OMD Blog/Article: 2022 Luminary Award Winner Story – Dr. Howard Cohen

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By Kathy Tudor, Director, Communications & Marketing, OntarioMD Ontario’s doctors inspire me every day. I see their dedication to their patients whenever I use the health care system. I read about the immense workload they face. We, at OntarioMD (OMD), hear their feedback…

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The Art of the Chart: 10 Tips That Help Me Never Chart at Home

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By Dr. Ted Jablonski, who is a singer-songwriter, emerging playwright and neophyte poet who has retired his family practice to focus on sexual medicine and transgender health in Southern Alberta. He now finds himself advising medical students at the Cumming School of Medicine…

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“You’re going to need a bigger boat…”: Protecting Your Community Practice from Cyber Threats 

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By Patricia Borja, Legal Intern, OntarioMD Canadian health care institutions are attractive targets for would-be cyber attackers. Volumes of sensitive information, as well as clinicians’ reliance on networked systems to provide care, present vulnerabilities to exploit. Recent attacks against hospitals and provincial networks…

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Don’t Miss OMD’s Digital Health Conference!

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By Cedaleia Graham, Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist OntarioMD (OMD) will be virtually hosting our third annual Digital Health & Virtual Care (DHVC) Conference on September 29 and 30. This 2-day event is complimentary and features CME-accredited educational sessions on digital health and…

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OntarioMD Certification – A Foundation for Digital Health Innovation and Health System Integration

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By Aidan Lee Director, EMR Certification Program OntarioMD As the current pandemic has demonstrated, front-line health care workers go the extra mile to ensure the very best care for their patients, often in very trying circumstances.  And at any time in a patient’s journey, physicians, nurse practitioners and others who work…

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Breaking the Visit – collecting health data before and after in person clinical visits

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Dr. Daniel Pepe, OntarioMD Physician Peer Leader The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged us in so many ways.  One major change we have seen within our own office is that seeing patients routinely for hypertension or diabetes has become less frequent than in the…

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