The Real Era of The Art of Medicine Begins With Artificial Intelligence

In spite of common fears and perceived dangers, artificial intelligence won’t take the jobs of physicians and won’t monopolize medicine. On the contrary: as A.I. will help automate administrative tasks and take over monotonous day-to-day assignments, it will free up time for medical professionals to finally fulfill the mission they signed up for: to help people on their journeys to health with compassion, creativity, and care. Moreover, rather than wiping it out, A.I. will, in fact, facilitate the art of medicine. Let us show it through the example of the AlphaGo documentary. Artificial intelligence and the talent of cats Experts have already achieved marvelous results with artificial intelligence – sometimes even nearing the predicting skills of the finest cats. The New York Times, in its account of whether computers could sense death, recounted the story of a 2-year-old black-and-white cat named Oscar reigning over one floor of the Steere House nursing home in Rhode Island, who was apparently better than most doctors at predicting when a terminally ill patient was about to die. Since then, Researchers at Stanford University trained an A.I. system to increase the number of inpatients who receive end-of-life-care exactly when needed – meaning the smart algorithm is able to predict when very seriously ill patients are nearing the end of their lives. However, that’s just one sign pointing towards the phenomenon that A.I. will completely move the world of medi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI algorithm art of medicine Health Healthcare medical smart smart algorithm technology Source Type: blogs