Telehealth Advances with AI-Powered Clinics

Patients can perform their own tests, draw their own blood, and more.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Soon, you will find at a nearby mall, fitness center or office building an artificial intelligence-powered standalone doctor’s office where you, the patient, take your vital signs and draw your blood.

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Several tech-driven initiatives, such as telehealth and concierge medicine, are upending the typical yearly physical. Around the nation, a business called Forward is setting up CarePods, hoping people will routinely visit them for specific issues and preventative care.

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Windows Is Now an App for PCs, Apple Products

The most widely used office software is now more convenient.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Microsoft has created a Windows App for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows and web browsers. The application effectively transforms the old Windows 365 app into a central location for accessing Microsoft Desktop Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Microsoft Dev Box and streaming a copy of Windows from a distant PC.

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Microsoft supports device redirection for peripherals such as webcams, storage devices and printers, as well as configurable display resolutions and scaling. These features are accessible through its Windows App. The preview version of the Windows App isn’t currently available for Android, though.

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AI Brings Opportunities for Accountants

The profession will reap some of the greatest impact.

By Hitendra Patil
Client Accounting Services: The Definitive Success Guide

OpenAI, the creator of the wildly popular artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT, conducted a research study with the University of Pennsylvania. It identified the occupations with the most significant impact potential because of large language models (LLMs, like ChatGPT). Among the occupations with the highest exposure to AI are accountants, auditors and tax preparers!

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What does it mean?

1. To quote some (edited somewhat for more straightforward reading) of the essential notes from the research:
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Give to Receive, and Eight More Ways to Boost Sales

Confident businesswoman handing man a business card in networking session

These tips work for referrals, too.

By Sandi Leyva
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms

Networking is an essential part of building your business.

Whether you network locally, nationally or internationally, there are some tips that are common to all businesses:

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1. Be crystal clear about what you do and how people can use you. Also know exactly who your ideal client is in case you’re asked. If you don’t do this, you’ll leave people scratching their heads about you and they won’t know how to connect with you even if they want to.
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Seven Things You Must Know about AI

Be serious, not amused.

By Hitendra Patil
Rise of The AiCCOUNTANTS

Unless you live under a stone, you would have heard about all the craze ChatGPT has created recently. And most likely, you, too, are amused by it.

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An artificial intelligence-powered tool, it is one of the first that allowed people to directly interact with AI in a familiar way how we use chat functions on mobile phones and websites. This ease of access and usage gave it a huge fan following. Moreover, it triggered a tsunami of new AI tools emerging all over the internet.
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