American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Report on Artificial Intelligence.

This report synthesizes the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Task Force's guidance on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS). A comprehensive literature review was conducted, focusing on the applications, benefits, and challenges of AI in OHNS, alongside ethical, legal, and social implications. The Task Force, formulated by otolaryngologist experts in AI, used an iterative approach, adapted from the Delphi method, to prioritize topics for inclusion and to reach a consensus on guiding principles.

Comparative Assessment of Otolaryngology Knowledge Among Large Language Models.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of advanced large language models from OpenAI (GPT-3.5 and GPT-4), Google (PaLM2 and MedPaLM), and an open source model from Meta (Llama3:70b) in answering clinical test multiple choice questions in the field of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.

Methods: A dataset of 4566 otolaryngology questions was used; each model was provided a standardized prompt followed by a question.

Structure and Funding of Clinical Informatics Fellowships: A National Survey of Program Directors.

Background: In 2011, the American Board of Medical Specialties established clinical informatics (CI) as a subspecialty in medicine, jointly administered by the American Board of Pathology and the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Subsequently, many institutions created CI fellowship training programs to meet the growing need for informaticists. Although many programs share similar features, there is considerable variation in program funding and administrative structures.

A Career Life-Cycle Perspective on Women's Health and Safety: Insights From the Defense Health Board Report on Military Women's Health.

Objective: Women's health has demanded more attention from employers as women integrated into the workforce. Traditionally male-dominant fields and occupations require special attention to workplace design, physical standards for entry, employment practices, equipment, and health monitoring. This editorial summarizes the Defense Health Board's (DHB) review of Active Duty Women's Health and its recommendations grounded in a woman's career life-cycle.

National Trends in Daily Ambulatory Electronic Health Record Use by Otolaryngologists.

Objective: Since their development in the 1970s electronic health records (EHRs) are now nearly ubiquitous. This study aims to characterize the daily interactions of otolaryngology providers with EHRs.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional review of provider efficiency profile (PEP) data, as collected by a major EHR vendor.

EMR quantity autopopulation removal on hospital discharge prescribing patterns: Implications for opioid stewardship.

What Is Known And Objective: Prescription drug stewardship is critical. Autopopulation(AP) of medication quantities may influence prescriber behaviour. We investigate the impact of AP removal(APR) on opioid prescribing.

The false vital sign: When pain levels are not predictive of discharge opioid prescriptions.

Background: Pain gained recognition as a vital sign in the early 2000s, underscoring the importance of accurate documentation, characterization, and treatment of pain. No prior studies have demonstrated the utility of the 0-10 pain scale with respect to discharge opioid prescriptions, nor characterized the most influential factors in discharge prescriptions.

Methods: Inpatient and emergency department(ED) encounters from July 1, 2012 to April 1, 2018 resulting in a discharge prescription for tablet opioid medications were identified.

Integrating Medication Alert Data into a Clinical Data Repository to Enable Retrospective Study of Drug Interaction Alerts in Clinical Practice.

Current clinical data repositories primarily extract data from multiple administrative and electronic medical record (EMR) data resources (e.g., hospital and physician billing records) containing specific patient-level data including demographics, medications, laboratory results, diagnoses, and procedure codes.

Improved sensitivity of electrocochleography in the diagnosis of Meniere's disease.

ECochG has long been shown to complement the diagnosis of MD, primarily through measurement of the SP/AP amplitude ratio. While reported in the literature to be highly specific to this disorder, ECochG's sensitivity in the general MD population remains relatively low (ranging from 20-65%). The current study assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the ECochG protocol we employ for suspected MD patients, which includes measuring both the amplitudes and areas of the SP and AP to clicks (to derive the SP/AP amplitude and area ratios), and the SP amplitudes to 1000 and 2000 Hz tone bursts.

Utility of area curve ratio electrocochleography in early Meniere disease.

Background: Electrocochleography (ECochG) is useful in supporting the diagnosis of Meniere disease (MD). Possible MD (early disease as defined by the 1995 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium) is a readily treatable form of MD.

Objectives: To identify whether ECochG summating potential/action potential (SP/AP) area curve measures are more sensitive than conventional SP/AP amplitude ratios in detecting possible MD.