AI in Medicine
Will Dr Bot see you soon?
The majority of decision makers in healthcare today believe that the use of AI will become increasingly widespread over the next few years but is this a good thing? While AI’s potential ability to provide earlier and more accurate diagnosis, reduce recovery times and free up busy healthcare professionals is undeniable, there is also frequently hysterical media coverage about AI and robotics, and real concerns about patient data privacy. And will it be the sector that saves us from Coronavirus?
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Healthcare
(38 mins)
Artificial intelligence is at the centre of many technology discussions today, and perhaps nowhere are the implications more meaningful than in the world of health care. So where is AI making an impact in health? What does the future bring, and how should healthcare providers and technologists get ready? Geekwire HealthTech podcast
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Is AI good for our health?
(49 mins)
With AI algorithms now able to mine enormous databases and assimilate information far quicker than humans can, we are able to spot subtle effects in health data that could otherwise have been easily overlooked. But are they making things better or worse? Futuremakers podcast
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Algorithm, M.D
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AI is beginning to revolutionize medicine, and allowing us to see into the future of our bodies…but can we ever know too much about ourselves? A Sleepwalkers podcast from iHeartRadio.
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How we’re using drones to deliver blood and save lives.
(15 mins)
With his start-up Zipline, Keller Rinaudo has created the world’s first drone delivery system to operate at national scale, transporting blood and plasma to remote clinics in East Africa with a fleet of electric autonomous aircraft.
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The Pharmacy of the future? Personalised pills, 3D printed at home
(12 mins)
Daniel Kraft shares his vision for the future for a vision of personalized medication, unveiling a prototype 3D printer that could design pills that adapt to our individual needs.
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ARTICLES
Artificial Intelligence Won’t Save Us From Coronavirus
+AI is here to save us from coronavirus. It spots new outbreaks, identifies people with fevers, diagnoses cases, prioritizes the patients most in need, reads the scientific literature, and is on its way to creating a cure. If only.
By Alex Engler, David M Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institute for WIRED.
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Dr Alexa will see you now
+Can We Trust Digital Assistants With Our Health Data? Thomas Hornigold for Singularity Hub, looks at the benefits of big data analysis and the potential for exploitation
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Alexa, here’s why you can’t replace my GP.
+Melissa Mead from the Daily Mail says that when we remove the human element from the patient-doctor relationship, we further dilute the interaction with Britain’s frontline healthcare professionals.
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“It’s going to create a revolution’: how AI is transforming the NHS.
+Technology is making impressive inroads into cancer treatment, saving lives and money. By Ian Sample, Science Editor for the Guardian
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A “Robot” doctor told a patient he was dying. It might not be the last time.
+Haider Warraich, a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Centre, writes in Vox that this could be the future of care for many patients with limited access to to health care resources and doctors. But if used properly, AI could offload inane repetitive tasks from doctors giving them more actual time with their patients.
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