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Special report: As AI gains steam in medical note-taking, accuracy concerns mount

April 1, 2023
Illustration of a doctor and patient. The shadow behind the doctor displays 0s and 1s for artificial intelligence.Molly Ferguson for STAT

As AI promises to revolutionize medical note-taking, concerns mount about accuracy and harm

As the technology takes hold, doctors, patients, hospitals, and the companies building these tools are all confronting the same question: When you're ceding control to AI, how good is good enough? Read more.

By Brittany Trang



At the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago, pathologist Ryan Johnson holds the brain of a donorOlivia Obineme for STAT

In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer's research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains

When she entered the field of Alzheimer's research a quarter century ago, Lisa Barnes was deeply disappointed to find few Black people like her family members with dementia were being studied. A rarity herself — as a Black female cognitive neuropsychologist — she's spent her career quietly pushing back. Read more.

By Usha Lee McFarling


An illustration of two naloxone nasal sprays, the one on the right is decked out with bells and whistles to represent expensive and unnecessary versions of the same drugMike Reddy for STAT

How the drug industry uses fear of fentanyl to extract more profit from naloxone

A STAT examination finds that pharmaceutical companies have used the opioid crisis, and the nation's fear of fentanyl, to aggressively market high-cost naloxone products that divert resources away from cheaper forms of the lifesaving medication. Read more.

By Lev Facher


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