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a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinicians
Healthcare systems face an impossible ratio of clinicians to patients, and this technology is already letting a single care team maintain continuous contact with thousands of patients who would otherwise go unmonitored between appointments.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Yet more than half of its counties are classified as maternity care deserts — areas with no hospital or birth center offering obstetric services and no obstetric clinicians, as defined by the March of Dimes.
—Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, STAT, 19 June 2026
The data sits in systems that were never built to talk to each other, and the people who can actually read that data — clinicians — are in short supply and getting shorter.
—Ganesh Padmanabhan, Fortune, 19 June 2026
These systems allow clinicians to visualize anatomy in greater detail and improve communication with patients before procedures begin.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The Pitt, then, is a fitting gig, with its gritty portrayal of a hustling ER full of vulnerable patients and clinicians collectively muscling through.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Diane Hoffman, a professor of health law at the University of Maryland, previously found clinicians reporting patients who sought medical help based on at-home microbiome test results.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
Alongside behavioral therapies, many clinicians are also turning to nonverbal approaches to help children express themselves.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
The Reddit dataset has limitations since the user base skews younger and male, but the signal aligns with what clinicians have been describing for years.
—Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Yet more than half of its counties are classified as maternity care deserts — areas with no hospital or birth center offering obstetric services and no obstetric clinicians, as defined by the March of Dimes.
—Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, STAT, 19 June 2026
The data sits in systems that were never built to talk to each other, and the people who can actually read that data — clinicians — are in short supply and getting shorter.
—Ganesh Padmanabhan, Fortune, 19 June 2026
These systems allow clinicians to visualize anatomy in greater detail and improve communication with patients before procedures begin.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The Pitt, then, is a fitting gig, with its gritty portrayal of a hustling ER full of vulnerable patients and clinicians collectively muscling through.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Diane Hoffman, a professor of health law at the University of Maryland, previously found clinicians reporting patients who sought medical help based on at-home microbiome test results.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
Alongside behavioral therapies, many clinicians are also turning to nonverbal approaches to help children express themselves.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
The Reddit dataset has limitations since the user base skews younger and male, but the signal aligns with what clinicians have been describing for years.
—Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinicians
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In doctors’ offices, this digital influx of health information requires a new style of patient interaction, say South Florida physicians.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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For example, of the 535 voting members of Congress, only nine are engineers, one is a physicist, one is a chemist, one is a geologist and 30 are physicians.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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After four days in intensive care, doctors determined Jaxon had no brain activity and removed him from life support.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Hulsey broke a window to rescue the little boy, who was checked by medics, authorities said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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Combat medics of the Oregon National Guard trained with drones for the first time last February to fly blood supplies into hazardous areas.—
Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Clinicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinicians. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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