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Editorial Note
How Artificial Intelligence Could Reshape Undergraduate Medical Education in India
Artificial intelligence is poised to transform undergraduate medical education in India by enabling personalised learning, clinical simulation, and faculty support, but equitable and ethical integration demands urgent coordinated action.
Editorial Note
How ABDM Could Change Doctor-to-Doctor Information Exchange in India
ABDM is transforming doctor-to-doctor communication in India through verified professional registries, consent-based clinical data exchange, and FHIR interoperability standards, reshaping referrals and specialist coordination nationwide.
Editorial Note
The Ethics of Health Campaigns: How Doctors Can Inform Without Creating Panic
Ethical public health campaigns require clear evidence, calm risk communication, stigma-free language, transparency, community engagement, and proactive misinformation correction so doctors can inform people without creating unnecessary fear or panic.
Editorial Note
Medical Mentorship That Works: Creating Supportive Pathways for Early-Career Doctors
Effective doctor mentorship supports young clinicians through career guidance, peer learning, leadership development, and emotional support. Structured programs with trained mentors, protected time, clear boundaries, and regular feedback work best.
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How Doctors Can Explain Medical Uncertainty Without Losing Patient Trust
Medical uncertainty can be communicated without losing trust by combining honesty, empathy, clear risk explanations, shared decision-making, safety-netting, and documented follow-up, helping Indian clinicians deliver safer, patient-centred care every day.
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Track-and-Trace Serialization: Combating Fake Medicines
Pharmaceutical track-and-trace systems combat counterfeit medicines through unit-level serialization, QR verification, RFID, blockchain, secure packaging, and field testing, strengthening supply chain transparency, regulatory compliance, medicine authenticity, and patient safety globally.
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Clinical Communication After a Medical Error: Honest, Compassionate Disclosure for Patient Safety
In Indian practice, sensitivity to family dynamics, language, and resource constraints is essential. Clinicians should seek institutional guidance on policies and legal issues, and institutions must support transparency through training, reporting systems, and clinician support.
Editorial Note
The Cost of Care: Investigating Out-of-Pocket Expenditure in Secondary Cities
India’s secondary cities face out-of-pocket healthcare burdens driven by uncovered outpatient care, expensive medicines, fragmented diagnostics, and limited insurance, demanding stronger primary care, generic access, digital integration, and public protection.
