THOUGHTS
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HIPAA is a tricky subject for clinicians. It covers any digital transmission of personal healthcare information (PHI). It’s complex. And it’s easy to violate: sending a text message to a patient can violate HIPAA. So can an e-mail. Putting those disclaimer footers at the bottom of your e-mail? Nope, definitely not sufficient to protect yourself …
You don’t paint a wall with a hammer. With AI, as with everything, you find the right tool for the job. My last post showed why ChatGPT and Gemini were the “hammer” for factual analysis. For this project, the “paintbrush” was NotebookLM. Which was no surprise. There’s a huge difference in how these AIs work.🌐 …
Lesson learned: for factual analysis, consumer-grade AIs like ChatGPT and Gemini can be dangerously unreliable. The project: create an AI study partner for the California psychology licensing exam, feeding in over 1,000 pages of dense legal text plus strict rules to ONLY use the sources provided. And it had to be an off-the-shelf AI with …
Forgetting is a path to remembering. 🧠💪 Last week I posted about my recent CPLEE project: building a tech-infused, learning science-informed approach to passing a licensing exam. Today let’s talk about some of the learning science I used and how it can help you! We’ve all learned something and then immediately forgotten it. The name …
(I haven’t lost my mind. Allow me to explain.) Math and math-adjacent fields faced a crisis in the 1970s when digital calculators arrived in students’ hands. These were just basic versions, nothing close to scientific or graphing calculators (just go look up the TI-30!), but they were a quantum leap ahead of the slide rule …
A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a cheap and easy way to protect your data. You should get one. If you’re convinced, go here to pick one. I am currently using NordVPN; I previously used PIA. Not convinced yet? Read on. In short, information does not go directly between your computer and your online …
There’s really no way around it: you must back up your devices. It’s far too easy to lose or damage your phone or laptop, along with the wealth of information on it. Luckily, backups are relatively easy to set up on any laptop, tablet, or smartphone you might own. Here’s how: But backups aren’t sufficient …
Cable TV remote.Television remote.Soundbar remote.Roku remote.Apple TV remote. Lurking in a pile in a drawer. Waiting for you to press the wrong button, jump to an incorrect source, and miss the first five minutes of your show. There’s a better way! A universal remote will improve your digital life! My current favorite is the Logitech …
