AI for Physicians
AI in medicine is moving fast.
New papers. New tools. New claims. New headlines.
For physicians, the hard part is not finding more information.
The hard part is knowing what is worth your attention.
What is useful?
What is supported by evidence?
What may actually matter for patient care?
And what still needs more testing?
That is why I write AIMedily.
AIMedily is a free weekly newsletter on AI in medicine for clinicians and physicians.
Each week, I look through medical AI research, clinical AI tools, healthcare AI news, and important updates, then share the parts that seem most useful for clinicians to know.
My goal is simple: to help busy physicians and healthcare professionals keep up with AI in medicine without spending hours sorting through papers, tools, and headlines.
In less than 5 minutes a week.
A physician-curated guide to AI in medicine
AI is already moving into healthcare.
It is showing up in clinical documentation, diagnosis, patient communication, hospital workflows, medical research, and medical education.
Some of this is exciting.
Some of it is useful.
Some of it is still early.
And some of it needs a much closer look before we know how it should be used in clinical care.
As physicians, we need more than headlines.
We need to understand what was actually tested, where the evidence is strong, where the limits are, and what questions still need to be answered.
That is the lens behind AIMedily.
What physicians should ask about medical AI
When I read a medical AI paper or look at a new clinical AI tool, I try to look beyond the headline.
What was it tested on?
Who was included?
Was it tested in real clinical care?
What did it do well?
What did it miss?
And what would need to happen before this helps patients?
A strong result is not always the same as a useful clinical tool.
That is why clinicians need to stay part of the conversation.
They are the ones using these tools in real care, the ones who understand the clinical problems, and the ones who carry the responsibility when decisions affect patients.
AIMedily is written for busy clinicians who want to follow AI in medicine without spending hours sorting through papers, tools, and headlines.
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What AIMedily covers
Each week, AIMedily helps clinicians follow the parts of AI in medicine that may matter for clinical practice.
Topics include:
medical AI research
clinical AI tools
AI tools for physicians and clinicians
AI in diagnosis
AI agents in healthcare
AI in clinical documentation and workflows
medical robotics
healthcare AI regulation and governance
I follow research and updates from major medical journals, academic centers, regulators, health systems, and technology companies working in healthcare AI, including the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM AI), JAMA, Nature, The Lancet, BMJ, JMIR, FDA, NIH, WHO, American Medical Association, Stanford Medicine, Harvard, University of Michigan, Mayo Clinic, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Health, Microsoft, and other trusted healthcare sources.
Medical AI tools for physicians
AIMedily also follows medical AI tools clinicians may want to know about.
These include tools that help with:
writing clinical notes, including ambient AI scribes
finding and summarizing medical evidence
supporting diagnosis and risk prediction
reading or organizing medical information
improving EHR and hospital workflows
helping with patient triage, discharge instructions, and care plans
AI should support clinical care, but not replace clinical judgment, regulatory review, or the relationship between clinicians and patients.
AIMedily is written for clinicians by a physician
I am a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician with fellowship training in Pediatric Rehabilitation.
I work in medical robotics research at the Neurobionics Lab at the University of Michigan, where I am especially interested in the intersection of rehabilitation, robotics, and clinical translation.
Before this, I worked as a PM&R physician and led multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.
I love technology.
But I also care about what happens after an AI result appears on the screen.
Who uses it?
With what evidence?
And how does it affect the patient?
That is the clinical context I try to keep in every issue. AIMedily is not written to cover every AI headline.
It is written to help clinicians find what matters for those at the front line of care.
Who AIMedily is for
AIMedily is for physicians, clinicians, healthcare professionals, clinical researchers, medical educators, and people working at the intersection of AI, medicine, and patient care.
You do not need to be an AI expert.
You need to understand what is happening in AI in medicine, why it may matter, and what still needs more evidence.
Want a short weekly update on AI in medicine you can read in 5 minutes to keep up with medical AI?
Join AIMedily free.
Itzel Fer, MD PM&R
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