John Torous, MD MBI
@JohnTorousMD
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Psychiatrist, Director BIDMC https://t.co/SeRtYKs2Hf, Associate Professor @HarvardMed, Editor JMIR MentalHealth, Alum @Berkeley_EECS
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Joined April 2015
RT @lisagualtieri: Thank you to @JohnTorousMD for the extraordinary guest lecture in AI in Medicine at @CedarsSinai. The students loved y….
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RT @jmirpub: Calling all researchers! JMIR Mental Health invites submissions for our theme issue on AI-Powered Therapy Bots. We're looking….
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New preprint from our team "Sleep Estimation from Low Frequency Smartphone Sensors via Bayesian Hidden Markov Model" explores why most prior digital phenotyping studies could do so much more in how they defined and addressed sleep! Free @
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Perhaps the clearest and most direct quote, from the former FDA commissioner, on why real-world evidence and data have not been impactful: “Insufficient attention has been paid to incentives related to data quality." - in @NEJM.
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Real-world data could help advance disease prevention and treatment, enhance quality of care, and empower patients to improve their health. But various challenges continue to impede their utilization.
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Impressive results for a new app to support people with schizophrenia, given the study features a rigorous digital control group, from @Boehringer. Disclosure - I am a clinical advisor/ excited to see such advances in digital health
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RT @jmirpub: Now available to stream: A timely discussion on bringing #DigitalMentalHealth tools to county services. @steveschueller and @J….
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I wonder if others see a stronger approach to preventing harm from AI in mental health:“There’s no way to guarantee that an AI system is going to be 100% safe. one solution is to educate people on what these tools are, and what they are not” in @latimes
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AI researchers at Northeastern University found it troublingly easy to bypass self-harm and suicide safeguards on ChatGPT, Perplexity and other common large language models.
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RT @DavidGratzer: Something Old & Something New . This week, we consider the new review by @JohnTorousMD et al on AI, apps & virtual realit….
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RT @jmirpub: 🚨 WEBINAR TODAY: Discover how to bring digital mental health to county services effectively. Join @steveschueller & @JohnTorou….
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RT @JAMAHealthForum: Viewpoint: The @DEAHQ's proposed special registration pathways seek to balance #telemedicine prescribing flexibility w….
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RT @xanthehunt: Looking forward to being part of PQMD’s August edition of Pillar Talk: 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲.….
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RT @JAMAPsych: In this JAMA Psychiatry Author Interviews podcast, Aaron Alexander-Bloch and Kevin Sun discuss polygenic risk, psychopatholo….
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.@eMHIC_Global executive director Anil Thapliyal at National Assoc of State Mental Health Program Directors annual meeting outlines the global role of digital mental health at the global scale. Worth zooming in or better yet joining in Fall in Toronto at
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RT @jmirpub: 📣 #WEBINAR: Explore Bringing Digital Mental Health to County Services. Join @steveschueller & @JohnTorousMD on July 31 to lea….
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RT @PsychiatricNews: AMP-SCZ is gathering an enormous amount of data on sleep, mobility, exercise, and speech patterns as well as genetic,….
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RT @JAMAHealthForum: Viewpoint: The @DEAHQ's proposed special registration pathways seek to balance #telemedicine prescribing flexibility w….
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RT @jmirpub: WEBINAR: Can digital mental health effectively serve our communities? Join @steveschueller & @JohnTorousMD on July 31 to explo….
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RT @jmirpub: 📢 #WEBINAR: How can we bring digital mental health to county services? Join @steveschueller & @JohnTorousMD on July 31 to disc….
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RT @mariojoze: CMS proposes more remote patient monitoring coverage without heeding warnings about abuse via @statn….
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Remote patient monitoring companies see a win in Medicare's plan to expand coverage, and the absence of any proposed guardrails.
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What if we did not need so many specialized health apps? What if transdiagnostic apps that can help across many conditions worked just as well? New review led by @j_linardon has the answer-transdiagnostic as good as specialized apps! Free in @npjDigitalMed
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