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Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Introducing Darth Vecdor: A Free, Open-Source Platform to Create Knowledge Graphs Using LLMs (such as ChatGPT)

by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA I Wanted a Comprehensive Medical Knowledge Graph For decades, I have hypothesized that a comprehensive medical knowledge database (aka, “knowledge base” or “knowledge graph”) would enable radical positive transformation in healthcare. I wanted a database containing relationships between concepts, like: With such a database, I imagined we could…

December 18, 2025
An Innovation (I think) Needed to Address an Aging Population

by Jonathan A. Handler, MD, FACEP, FAMIA The Problem Have you ever seen the following in a movie or TV show? Someone has had a tragic accident or medical event and needs to undergo physical therapy to get better, but they feel hopeless and reluctant. Then a dedicated person or team of doctors, nurses, therapists,…

April 21, 2025
Many say AI, including ChatGPT, isn’t good enough to be your doctor. We need a moonshot to change that.

Access to healthcare is a longstanding and worsening problem in the US for many. They say AI isn’t good enough to replace doctors, and if that’s right, then how will we address the supply/demand mismatch? We need a government-sponsored “moonshot” program to make great and empathetic AI doctors a reality.

August 15, 2023