by CMAJ News | Sep 24, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Partnerships between health authorities and Amazon Alexa raise many possibilities — and just as many questions Sarah Brown | Ottawa | September 24, 2019 UK residents can use Amazon Alexa to access medical advice from the website of the National Health Service. Goodbye...
by CMAJ News | Jul 10, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Recruiting clinicians to combat pseudoscience on social media Sarah Brown | Ottawa | July 10, 2019 Social media-savvy health professionals may never outnumber vocal disseminators of misinformation online but could amplify important health messages to wider audiences....
by CMAJ News | Jun 20, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Compassion and efficiency not mutually exclusive in health care Sarah Brown | Ottawa | June 20, 2019 Delivering health care with compassion doesn’t take any more time or effort. Dr. Stephen Trzeciak insists that his conversion to “compassionomics” has transformed his...
by CMAJ News | May 16, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Preserving the human touch in medicine in a digital age Sarah Brown | Ottawa | May 16, 2019 Should certain physican–patient discussions, such as the disclosure of a terminal diagnosis, never occur virtually? When a doctor at California’s Kaiser Permanente Medical...
by CMAJ News | Apr 10, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Debating when to call cancer by its name Sarah Brown | Ottawa | April 10, 2019 Physicians must balance sensitivity with clarity when delivering a diagnosis. Cancer. A diagnosis that terrifies patients and their families; a term that can be unnerving even for...
by CMAJ News | Mar 11, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Is it ethical for doctors to google their patients? Sarah Brown | Ottawa | March 11, 2019 Some doctors believe googling patients can be useful in certain situations. Hard to believe that just two decades ago Google didn’t exist. Today, it holds a place of honour in...
