FROM: Zocdoc to Zo

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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When New York-based Zocdoc was founded back in 2007, the idea was to help patients get off the phone, founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz told Healthcare Brew. The company created a website that helps patients find clinicians who fit their needs in their area and are under their insurance, and books appointments online.

MD versus DO: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2023/06/17/the-md-versus-do-degree/

But on May 1st, Zocdoc launched a new product to get people back on the phone: an artificial intelligence (AI) voice agent called Zo. Zo helps people book doctor appointments 24/7—but instead of speaking with a person, patients speak with an AI voice that is trained to meet their needs.

DPM Podiatrist: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2024/03/20/is-a-podiatrist-a-physician/

“Until recently, we didn’t do the phone because the experience on the phone was just so miserable,” Kharraz said. “Now you can actually have a consistent experience, where the AI can pick up after the first ring an unlimited number of times concurrently [and] have a natural conversation with you.”

Tele-Health: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2022/04/04/types-of-patient-care-healthcare-providers-deliver-via-tele-health/

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VACCINES: The Paradox?

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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 Vaccines cause the flu and autism

Classic Definition: Although the human body can develop a low-grade fever, muscular aches and pains in response to any vaccine, rumors that a flu shot can cause the flu are not true.

Modern Circumstance: Flu shots do contain dead flu viruses, but they are indeed dead. As for vaccines causing autism, this myth was started in 1998 with an article in the journal The Lancet.

Paradox Examples: In the study, the parents of eight children with autism said they believed their children acquired the condition after they received a vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella (the MMR vaccine). Since then, rumors have run rampant despite the results of many studies.

Oxymoron: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/05/11/paradox-v-oxymoron-2/

And, a 2002 study in The New England Journal of Medicine of 530,000 children found no link between vaccinations and the risk of a child developing autism.

Choice Paradox: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/02/23/healthcare-paradox-of-choice/

Unfortunately, the endurance of this paradoxical myth continues to eat up time and funding dollars that could be used to make advances in autism, rather than proving, over and over again, that vaccinations do not cause the condition.

Cite: Dr. Rachel Vreeman, St. Martin’s Griffin 2009.

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DAILY UPDATE: Medicare A.I. as Markets Go Down

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Medicare may soon be able to reimburse physicians for using artificial intelligence-based medical devices, thanks to a bipartisan bill recently introduced to Congress. The bill, called the Health Tech Investment Act, would set up a payment system for devices that use AI or machine learning, which the bill’s cosponsors say would encourage providers to use the technology in clinical settings and help improve diagnoses.

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Stock markets were down in trading on Friday after President Donald Trump said he wanted to impose a 50-percent tariff on the European Union and a new 25-percent tariff on iPhone maker Apple.

The S&P 500 was down around 0.8 percent, the NASDAQ Composite down 1.0 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 0.6 percent.

Apple stock fell 2.3 percent.

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