Here comes the Future of AI health care

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I welcome my Boston Dynamics AI overlord to take my job.
 
PotatoMedic said:
I welcome my Boston Dynamics AI overlord to take my job.
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Can you imagine AI assisting a medical and trauma call and Telemedicine a live trauma video call to a ER doctor
 
There's no reason 'Nurse Line' type services can't be replaced by and AI platform (ie, Kaiser's Ask a Nurse, or whatever) because they're just a scripted screening tool run by algorithm to funnel patient into clinics by appointment or recognize the most basic life threatening emergencies. Even EMS/fire dispatching is moving that way where the need to actually say something on the radio will be rare. No reason to think that 911 operators will be completely virtual before long with one or two dispatchers on a shift where there was usually 10. Does not bode well for this type of call though...

 
I have to say that I have been playing with the recent round of generative AI tools and I am impressed. I don't think they will ever replace medical providers, but they can definitely augment services. The deep thinking version of Google gemini is impressive. I gave it a simple 2 sentence request and it generated a 14 page report that was well reasoned and linked to sources.

Where I see the near future of AI tools is as a diagnostic aid. A medical professional can enter the symptoms, history, vitals, lab results, etc and get a list of potential diagnosis and recommended labs or imaging for further analysis. Then use personal knowledge and the in-person contact to narrow those down. It's a double check and may prompt docitors to be more open to an alternative diagnosis or additional imaging or labs as needed.
 
They can't replace humans, no robot can match the feelings of a real person that wants your best.
 
Phyllio said:
They can't replace humans, no robot can match the feelings of a real person that wants your best.
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Nor can they mimic intrinsic bias, confirmation bias, “set in their ways” treatment methodology, emotional burnout, provider fatigue… shall I go on?
 
FiremanMike said:
Nor can they mimic intrinsic bias, confirmation bias, “set in their ways” treatment methodology, emotional burnout, provider fatigue… shall I go on?
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Assuming the programmers don't program those in inadvertently.
 
I’ve been pretty fascinated by the role AI is starting to play in healthcare. I use it regularly—mostly for data analysis, spotting trends, and cleaning up or rewriting complicated documents that need to be sharp and accurate.

AI’s strength really lies in its ability to synthesize the information it’s given. What it’s not great at is creating original content—it can only work with what it knows, so the input data has to be solid and trustworthy. That said, do I think healthcare AI has a place in imaging for tumor detection, exploration of pattern recognition, flagging potential prescription interactions, and similar use cases? Absolutely. Most of the major healthcare software platforms already have AI baked in to provide an extra layer of checks and balances.

It wouldn’t surprise me if, in the next few years, AI will replicate a provider’s voice and clinical decision-making process closely enough to handle basic interactions—still within the accepted protocols, of course.

We’re not that far off.
 
Their are companies that are working on Start trek like Medical Tricorders to help providers with assessments, treatment's and diagnosis. It's coming down the pipe and in say 20 years, we can see it in the field.
link.springer.com

MouthLab: A Tricorder Concept Optimized for Rapid Medical Assessment - Annals of Biomedical Engineering

The goal of rapid medical assessment (RMA) is to estimate the general health of a patient during an emergency room or a doctor’s office visit, or even while the patient is at home. Currently the devices used during RMA are typically “all-in-one” vital signs monitors. They require time, effort...
link.springer.com link.springer.com
 
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