Professional Medical Organisations Are Starting To Think About AI And It Implications!

This appeared last week.AMA issues policy statement on use of ‘augmented intelligence’ By Fred BazzoliPublished June 18 2018, 5:20pm EDTThe American Medical Association is weighing in on the potential of what it is calling “augmented intelligence” in fields such as radiology and the practice of medicine by clinicians.The nation’s largest professional association for medical professionals issued its first policy addressing augmented intelligence at its annual meeting last week, adopting broad recommendations for health and technology stakeholders.The AMA action cites both the potential of innovation and concern about the role it will play in the practice of medicine and affect patients in the near future.“As technology continues to advance and evolve, we have a unique opportunity to ensure that augmented intelligence is used to benefit patients, physicians and the broad healthcare community,” says Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, one of the AMA’ s board members.The technology can assist... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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