They are largely college level readability, which isn’t recommended for patient content Communication quality may influence clinical outcomes, but dual purpose makes improvement challenging, say researchers Letters to patients from ophthalmology services—-the highest volume outpatient specialty in UK healthcare—include too much complex language and medical terminology which patients are likely ...

Doctors and medical trainees need to be fully informed about pros and cons of these tools A fifth of family doctors (GPs) seem to have readily incorporated AI into their clinical practice, despite a lack of any formal guidance or clear work policies on the use of these tools, suggest ...

Non-invasive, real-time approach more effective than conventional methods Testing now required on larger and more diverse numbers of patients, say researchers A combination of facial thermal imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately predict the presence of coronary artery disease, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Health ...