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Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains a leading cause of maternal morbidity worldwide, with blood transfusion rates hovering around 2% to 2.7%. While discussing these risks is a vital component of antenatal informed consent and shared decision-making, translating historical medical records into an accurate personal risk profile is notoriously difficult.

As the research community navigates recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revisions, a seductive argument has surfaced in the debate over open science: why do we need article processing charges (APCs) at all when Green (repository deposit) and Diamond (institutionally subsidized) OA models exist?

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has created powerful new instructional opportunities alongside major pedagogical questions. While tools like ChatGPT can enhance lesson planning, case scenario design, and assessment development, many medical educators face a steep learning curve. Without structured guidance, integrating these fast-evolving and context-sensitive tools into high-stakes, discipline-specific medical curricula carries significant risks.

Public health emergencies demand synthesized evidence rapidly. During COVID-19, Ebola outbreaks, and other crises, researchers face pressure to produce guidance within the first week hours, for example, to prevent further spread of infections in the community. Meanwhile, traditional systematic reviews require 6 to 18 months to complete. This temporal mismatch creates an evidence vacuum that decision-makers often fill with preliminary findings or incomplete data.

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming the digital front door of modern medicine. In the face of overwhelming patient demand, healthcare systems are rapidly deploying AI-enabled triage tools to sort symptoms, assess risk, and route patients before they ever step into a clinic.

At JMIR Publications, we believe that choosing the right journal is one of the most critical steps in a researcher’s journey. For over two decades, we have supported open-science frameworks that provide diverse, reliable pathways to measure a paper’s reach and community impact.

Exposure to natural environments is well documented to improve attention, reduce stress, and enhance psychological well-being. While virtual reality (VR) offers a portable, scalable way to simulate natural settings for urban or isolated populations, it remains unclear whether a virtual forest engages the brain and cognitive networks in the same way as the real world.

Open-access publishing is built on a promise: research funded by the public should be freely available to the public. A sweeping new proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) threatens to break that promise by fundamentally rewriting how federal grants are awarded, managed, and published.

As someone with aging parents living on the other side of the country, I am constantly on the lookout for ways to help them maintain their independence, health, and happiness from afar. Fortunately, I work for a digital health publisher, so I have been reading some incredible research exploring potential solutions for their lives, specifically at the intersection of physical fitness, wearable technology, and urban design.