Governance key to balancing AI augmentation, risk for deskilling

An aircraft’s autopilot can guide every aspect of a flight, from takeoff to landing. But it is expected, and reassuring to know, that a pilot has the skills to intervene and assume manual control at any time, especially during an emergency.
There is a similar expectation for healthcare professionals, who increasingly encounter AI’s expansion in practice to aid clinical diagnoses, documentation and decision-making. The concern? That overreliance on AI could eventually erode clinical skills and competencies, a phenomenon dubbed “deskilling.”
“Research is showing that there is a fine line between

Nearly 75% of people meeting fibromyalgia criteria go undiagnosed

Nearly three-quarters of individuals from a large-scale prospective study who met American College of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia never received a clinical diagnosis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
“The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging for clinicians due to its multifaceted nature and frequent coexistence with other diagnoses,” Sung-A Kim, PhD, BKM, MKM, of the Aberdeen Center for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom, and Kyung Hee University, in Seoul, and colleagues wrote.