Doximity, a kind of social media platform for physicians and other health care professionals, is acquiring Pathway Medical, which uses artificial intelligence and a large curated dataset to provide assistance to physicians. While AI may be useful in some cases, God help us if physicians begin routinely relying on it for diagnoses and treatment advice.
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I’ll push back on that statement. I don’t want doctors to “rely” on Ai to diagnose, but I DO want them to consider what it says when AI comes up with a different answer. I want the doctor to question both answers to find how they reconcile or don’t, and keep working in it even in the face of their own diagnosis to find the right answer. NOT, I know more, but WHY is AI suggesting something different, and dig for the answer. In many cases, I have been told, there was an out of the box connection via AI that proved useful. I do not want doctors to use ai as a checkbox list like they use Medicare now. I want doctors to think and question what this additional tool is providing.
I’ll push back on that statement. I don’t want doctors to “rely” on Ai to diagnose, but I DO want them to consider what it says when AI comes up with a different answer. I want the doctor to question both answers to find how they reconcile or don’t, and keep working in it even in the face of their own diagnosis to find the right answer. NOT, I know more, but WHY is AI suggesting something different, and dig for the answer. In many cases, I have been told, there was an out of the box connection via AI that proved useful. I do not want doctors to use ai as a checkbox list like they use Medicare now. I want doctors to think and question what this additional tool is providing.
thank you for the perspective, what you suggest makes excellent sense