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Physician in the Loop
by Nomad Medical
How technological innovation is changing medicine for patients and the people who practice on the front lines.
Episodes
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Special Topic: Fifty billion dollars, no scoreboard
Federal money is buying software for small rural hospitals. The program already demands four numbers for every initiative. One of them should be a patient, and it should be published. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/rural-money-results/ The voice on...
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Daily Briefing for October 26, 2026
Johns Hopkins Bayview says worker uploaded 3,182 patients' data to AI tool The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Johns...
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Daily Briefing for October 25, 2026
Ambient AI speeds chart closing up to 39% at Jefferson Health, study finds The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Clinicians...
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Daily Briefing for October 24, 2026
Wrong automated advice cuts clinicians' accuracy, meta-analysis finds The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Clinicians had...
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Special Topic: Fifty rulebooks, for now
The White House wants one national AI rulebook instead of fifty. Physicians should accept it only if it keeps the states' rules on AI in medicine or protects patients at least as well. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/fifty-rulebooks-for-now/ The…
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Friday Letter: Separate checks
Software meant to save medicine time is sending its bills downstream, to the nurses who recheck it and the hospitals that host it. Whoever profits from it should pay for the checking. Read the letter and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/letters/2026-10-19/ The voice on this episode is...
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Daily Briefing for October 23, 2026
Microsoft diagnostic AI beats generalist physicians on hard cases, study says The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing...
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Special Topic: Route, don't write
AI that drafts replies to patients has not reliably saved doctors time. Health systems should first use AI to sort the inbox, and draft clinical replies only where audits show a gain. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/route-dont-write/ The voice on…
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Daily Briefing for October 22, 2026
Epic lets its AI assistants reach into other companies' apps The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Epic Systems on Oct. 21...
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Special Topic: Count the cases
Chatbot-linked psychosis appears rare, but hospital counts depend on what clinicians happened to write down. Physicians should ask about chatbots in every new psychosis or mania, and record the answer the same way. Read the special topic and its sources:...
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Daily Briefing for October 21, 2026
AI model estimates cancer patients' survival from a single face photo The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Mass General...
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Special Topic: Downtime is a clinical event
When ransomware locked hospitals' computers, more of the Medicare patients already in their beds died. As care depends on more software, AI included, keeping that software safe must come before speed or savings. Read the special topic and its sources:...
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Daily Briefing for October 20, 2026
Doximity and OpenEvidence settle dueling lawsuits over physician AI tools The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing Doximity…
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Special Topic: The chart leaves the building
When a patient links a medical record to a chatbot, HIPAA stays behind. The protections should go with the record; until Congress acts, physicians should tell patients plainly what they give up. Read the special topic and its sources:...
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Daily Briefing for October 19, 2026
Medicare official says parts of AI prior-authorization pilot are not working The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing A senior...
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Special Topic: An alarm needs an answer
Epic's deterioration score has FDA clearance. It belongs only on wards where a staffed team answers its top alerts, the medical staff sets its thresholds and the hospital counts whom it helps and misses. Read the special topic and its sources:...
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Daily Briefing for October 18, 2026
OpenAI says training model broke into government site for hospital-bed data The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing An OpenAI...
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Special Topic: Wait for the Evidence
Calling it malpractice not to consult AI assumes doing so improves diagnoses, treatment and outcomes. Outside a few tasks the evidence does not yet show that; the standard of care should follow the trials. Read the special topic and its sources:...
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Daily Briefing for October 17, 2026
JAMA Network plans JAMA AI journal, with AI-assisted peer review The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing The JAMA Network…
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Daily Briefing for October 16, 2026
JAMA study counts 271 million clinician queries to OpenEvidence The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source. Read the post and its sources Get the free email briefing More than 950,000…
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Special Topic: Notes before codes
Most studies find that AI scribes raise the bill. They should have to show what they do for patients, starting with the accuracy of their notes. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/bedside-before-bill/ The voice on this episode is generated by AI. It...
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Friday Letter: Absent friends
Doctors ask software how to treat their patients millions of times a month, yet its rules are being written with few of them in the room. They should claim their seats. Read the letter and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/letters/2026-10-12/ The voice on this episode is generated by…
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Special Topic: Nobody wins the bot war
Hospitals and insurers now fight over bills with software, and patients pay. Every algorithm that moves a payment should show a clinician its evidence and be judged by how often it is right. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/nobody-wins-the-bot-war/…
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Daily Briefing for October 15, 2026
Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety; medical board group drafts guidance on unsupervised AI; UnitedHealth says AI speeds appeals; AI reads cervical slides The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post...
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Special Topic: The surgeon is the benchmark
Surgical robots are inching toward choosing where to clip, cut or sew. Any robot that does should be judged against a good surgeon doing the standard operation, not against other robots. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/surgeon-is-the-benchmark/ The...
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Daily Briefing for October 14, 2026
OpenEvidence joins Johns Hopkins on medical training; EHR vendors' AI disclosures fall short; Agilent buys Proscia; Suki raises $90 million The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source.…
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Special Topic: Yes, doctor
Language models lean toward whatever the request or the chart suggests, so their agreement is weak evidence. Before they reach patients, the FDA should require tests against unsafe orders and loaded wording. Read the special topic and its sources…
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Daily Briefing for October 13, 2026
Epic pediatric sepsis alert misses most cases; FDA warns of Lumify ultrasound failures; Stryker puts $400 million into CMR; Google adds AI health trends The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to…
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Daily Briefing for October 12, 2026
CMS chat room gave tech firms access to officials, report says; device makers seek wider RAPID path; FDA grants pacemaker identifier; GPT-5 misreads images The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to...
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Special Topic: The patient's AI got there first
A chatbot's differential or a smartwatch alert belongs in the history, as a record of what worried the patient; physicians should treat it neither as a diagnosis nor as a threat. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/patients-ai-got-there-first/ The voice...
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Daily Briefing for October 11, 2026
Safety prompt cuts harmful AI choices in 19 of 20 models; Oracle breach tally nears 20 million; device coverage comments close Oct. 13; Mayo AI grades side effects The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post...
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Daily Briefing for October 10, 2026
FDA clears Epic deterioration model; Bayer sells Blackford radiology AI; chest X-ray AI flags osteoporosis; Houston Methodist ties OR AI to more cases The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its...
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Special Topic: AI for the 25-bed hospital
A small rural hospital should buy the few AI tools that fill a gap in its staffing or clearly pay their way, and leave alone whatever it has no one to check. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/ai-for-the-25-bed-hospital/ The voice on this episode is...
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Friday Letter: Show your work
Software is gaining the power to prescribe, triage and code faster than anyone is checking its results. It should earn that power by publishing its errors. Read the letter and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/letters/2026-10-05/ The voice on this episode is generated by AI. It reads…
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Special Topic: When the agent is inside the chart
Software agents now read, draft and send from the medical record; medical staffs should give each one its own identity, limited privileges and an audit trail before it is switched on. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/agent-inside-the-chart/ The voice...
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Daily Briefing for October 9, 2026
Google AI passes supervised clinic test in Lancet; Vanderbilt tallies chatbot psychosis; CMS proposes remote pathology review; UT System widens Abridge The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its...
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Special Topic: Cleared is not the same as proven
An FDA clearance shows that software met a regulator's floor; physicians should ask for evidence that it works on patients like theirs before they trust it. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/cleared-is-not-proven/ The voice on this episode is…
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Daily Briefing for October 8, 2026
UK adopts all 44 health AI regulation proposals; Teladoc adds AI scribe for hospitals; AHRQ offers $7.95 million AI prize; Anthropic opens cyber models to hospitals The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post...
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Special Topic: The first prescription without a doctor
Utah now lets software choose a patient's first prescription for acne; the terms for withdrawing the doctor's review will outlast the acne, and physicians should write them. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/first-prescription-without-a-doctor/ The...
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Daily Briefing for October 7, 2026
Utah approves AI renewals of diabetes, heart drugs; Advocate patients link records to ChatGPT; lawmakers fight RPM limit; Novant shifts to virtual care The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its...
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Daily Briefing for October 6, 2026
Utah lets AI write first acne prescriptions; CommonSpirit credits AI with $200 million; most pathology AI lacks public data; AI intake beats eye residents The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to...
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Daily Briefing for October 5, 2026
CPT panel adds AI codes, rejects three; Medicare contractors propose no coverage for AI brain MRI tools; review maps rural surgical telehealth; eye AI lifts referrals The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the…
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Daily Briefing for October 4, 2026
FDA plans final AI device, surgical robot guidance; five systems hold off on Epic AI tools; Senate passes hospital cyber bill; clinicians favor AI discharge notes The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post...
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Daily Briefing for October 3, 2026
Report says rogue AI agents probed Mayo Clinic, CDC sites; Epic flaws hid record access; Swiss radiology AI cuts turnaround; Trump renames AI The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to its source....
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Special Topic: Free advice
AI will soon give clinicians in much of the world a specialist's knowledge for free. Poor and rural patients will gain only if someone supplies the tests, drugs, specialists and money it calls for. Read the special topic and its sources…
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Daily Briefing for October 2, 2026
Physician groups reject claim AI is better informed than doctors; FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic; Pennsylvania House passes health AI bill; Alabama law takes effect The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post...
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Friday Letter: A duty to consult
America's health secretary says AI is better informed than any doctor. Until a tool proves that in ordinary practice, the law should protect doctors who overrule it, not punish those who skip it. Read the letter and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/letters/2026-09-28/ The voice on this...
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Special Topic: Who gets the time back
Most hospitalists already use AI, and Epic is bringing more of it to the wards. The minutes it saves are few, and they belong to patients and doctors, not to a higher census. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/hospitalists-and-ai/ The voice on this...
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Daily Briefing for October 1, 2026
Newsom signs two clinical AI bills, vetoes AI therapy limits; autonomous AI clears skin referrals; ARPA-H funds ICU digital twins; UVA cuts scribe hours The voices on this episode are generated, and so is the script, from the day's post at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the post links to…
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Special Topic: Practicing without a license
Software can do much of an office visit, but the law cannot yet hold it responsible. States should license its operators, with a doctor reviewing its work until trials prove it safe. Read the special topic and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specials/practicing-without-a-license/ The...
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