JMIR Formative Research

AI is increasingly integrated into health care systems worldwide, with growing implications for pharmacy practice. Although studies have reported general perceptions of AI, gaps between awareness and practical implementation remain evident, particularly in middle-income settings.

Clinical trial data pipelines must follow Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards, including the study data tabulation model (SDTM) and analysis data model (ADaM). General-purpose large language models (LLMs) can produce plausible artifacts that omit required variables, misuse terminology, or invent derivation logic. Curated context may reduce these errors, but the value of organizing that context by workflow topology has not been separated from corpus access alone.

In the United Kingdom, first contact practitioners (FCPs) provide direct access to musculoskeletal (MSK) assessment and management in primary care. This means FCPs have to assess patients with no prior medical screening, which assumes reliance on developed skills and experience. The pool of appropriately experienced physiotherapists is limited, and less experienced clinicians have been recruited. A 2026 national evaluation found substantial variation in FCP service delivery, with data collection and governance among its structural causes. The Primary Care Individual Social Norms MSK Data Dashboard (PRISM) dashboard gives FCPs feedback on their clinical activity relative to their peers to support reflection toward improving MSK care.

In Japan, employed men younger than 40 years are not eligible for specific health guidance, and evidence regarding obesity interventions targeting this population is limited. Furthermore, due to the shortage of human resources in occupational health settings, a need has arisen for simple and implementable support methods. Support via SMS text message is expected to be a low-cost and scalable method for health guidance; however, its effectiveness in this target population has not been sufficiently evaluated.

A positive difference between biological age (BA) and chronological age indicates accelerated aging. The application of existing BA models is limited by high technical demands, a lack of alignment across diverse populations, and difficulty in updating them to accommodate expanding cohorts.

Physicians rely on electronic health record (EHR) systems to make informed decisions and deliver high-quality care. Although the introduction of EHR systems has created significant opportunities for improving patient care, it has also introduced challenges related to information overload and increased cognitive demands.

Major depressive disorder is a leading cause of disability, and access to specialist psychiatric follow-up remains limited in many settings. Telepsychiatry may reduce logistical barriers to care, but data on video-based follow-up under routine outpatient conditions in Türkiye are scarce, and comparisons of delivery modalities are frequently limited by baseline imbalance between self-selected groups.

This cross-sectional study examined AI use among 524 health care professionals in the United States and United Kingdom, focusing on current applications, access, barriers, and factors that could support adoption. AI use was common but varied across professional and national contexts, with findings highlighting the importance of evidence, organizational guidance, training, privacy safeguards, and integration into clinical workflows for responsible adoption.

Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) are increasingly popular for their ability to disseminate evidence-based treatments in a scalable, accessible way. Engagement with digital treatments is critical for effectiveness but remains poorly defined and measured. Most studies rely on subjective self-reports or 1 or 2 objective metrics, overlooking the multidimensional nature of how users interact with DMHIs.

Physical inactivity and insufficient muscle-strengthening exercise remain important public health concerns among adults with chronic diseases. Active video games may offer an accessible way to support exercise participation, but many may not provide sufficient exercise intensity to produce meaningful physiological responses. Ring Fit Adventure (RFA) is an active video game that combines aerobic and resistance-based exercise. However, little is known about its physiological demands among adults with chronic diseases.

Existing risk scores for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) may not adequately represent the heterogeneity of coexisting chronic conditions. Routinely collected hospital discharge records may enable data-driven characterization of clinically meaningful comorbidity profiles.

Health care professionals in safety-net settings often rely on lengthy and inconsistently maintained community health resource lists when connecting patients with services. Bridgedd is a health care staff–facing web application designed to generate geographically and categorically filtered community resources in a unique format that makes information about each resource more accessible.