The Technology desk
The tools changing medicine, judged with care.
AI in medicine, digital health, the tools of daily work and the research literacy to judge them. Neither hype nor dread: what the evidence shows, what it does not, and what it means for your practice.
Sections
Clinical AI, scribes and decision support: what they do, and what they ask of you.
1 published
Telemedicine, records, patient data and privacy.
First pieces in preparation
The software and habits that give a working doctor time back.
First pieces in preparation
Reading studies, statistics and claims, including claims about AI.
First pieces in preparation
Latest
Published on the Technology desk, newest first.
AI scribes are arriving in clinics. Five questions to ask before you use one
An ambient scribe listens to the consultation and drafts the note. It can give you back your evenings. It can also put a patient’s words on a server you have never seen. Here is what to ask first.
In preparation
Commissioned and being written.
Topics on this desk
Each gathers our writing, tools and references on one question.
What will AI change in my work, and what will it not?
1 published
Digital health, data and privacy
How is digital health changing care, and what are my duties with patient data?
1 published
Which tools actually give a doctor time back?
In preparation
How do I judge a study, a claim or a new tool for myself?
In preparation
Tools
Where do my 168 hours actually go, and where would I like them to go?
The Handover
The best of the Technology desk, every Sunday.
One considered letter from the editor, with the week’s best writing and nothing you did not ask for.