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I’ve hesitated to post about the medication error that occurred in Nashville. I wanted to let more facts come to light and take some time to process this myself. If you’ve never worked in an IV room, “they gave potassium instead of anesthetic” sounds impossible. Unforgivable, even. I have made IVs for the better part…
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In 2022, my advisor and I published a paper in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders asking a pointed question: How often are older adults with Alzheimer’s disease prescribed antipsychotic medications in ordinary outpatient care? We wanted to know because antipsychotics carry an FDA black box warning for increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia. Additionally, the Beers…
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Big tech is learning an expensive lesson right now, and as a health outcomes researcher, I find it amusing. The trend I have recently read about is called “tokenmaxxing.” Some companies have been pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to the point that some built usage leaderboards or tied AI consumption to…
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Oklahoma has a reputation. Flat. Landlocked. Tumble weeds. Tornadoes. The winds sweeping down the plain. I get it. We don’t have mountains. We don’t have a coastline. We don’t have the kind of scenery that usually ends up on screen savers or postcards. But there’s one thing we have that those of us who do…
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Between 1975 and 2010, the number of physicians in the United States grew by 150%, roughly keeping pace with population growth. During that same period, the number of healthcare administrators grew by 3,200%. No, that’s not a typo. That alone is shocking, but new research published in JAMA adds another layer even more infuriating. It turns out…
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They all got the same picture and the same prompt. “Roast my 4Runner.” ChatGPT ChatGPT made a photo. I didn’t ask for it, but ok. I’m not even sure what to do with that. It’s not wrong. It’s also not the first time that ChatGPT just assumed I wanted an image. Another time I asked,…
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As I mentioned in a previous post, AI is like my grad student. With all of the available options, I’ve gotten to know several different “grad students” and now have names for them. Gemini is Maya, a great grad student, especially from a research standpoint, but still relatively new to coding. Claude is Claude, my…
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If you lived in tornado alley for more than one storm season, you’ve been there. The meteorologist spends three days warning about a potentially historic tornado outbreak. Then that day comes and goes with nothing but clouds and a little rain. The comments section in your local meteorologist’s page fills up with all the name-calling…
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In the world of AI, there is so much potential to tap into if you know how to use it right. Not using AI in 2026 is like driving a Ferrari at 50 mph on the highway. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. I have no experience making an app and modest coding…
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I now understand why professors love having grad students. They can tackle so many tasks that faculty don’t want to do (or have time to do): literature deep-dives, formatting posters, the random “can you just look into this for me?” requests that pile up. I’m not in academia, so I assumed I wouldn’t get to…
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