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> It could be years before deep-learning systems are deployed in emergency rooms and clinics. Yep. Caduceus was an expert system that did this back in 1980. h
by randcraw 8y ago
> It could be years before deep-learning systems are deployed in emergency rooms and clinics.
Yep. Caduceus was an expert system that did this back in 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADUCEUS_(expert_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADUCEUS_(expert_system)
Since then many bayesian and decision tree diagnosis systems were created and performed comparably as well. But none were ever deployed, largely because some sort of nurse or PA is still needed to do the hard part -- the physical exam. Diagnosis using existing data is easy; it's the acquisition of all the necessary data that's hard.
Until software/AI can replace all that a health pro does, especially the physical exam, it will remain a niche tool used only in the path lab or the back offices of insurance companies.
- nilkn 8y agoThe common argument I've heard is that these systems won't replace nurses/PAs, but rather family physicians, whose diagnosis and referral skills may become redundant in the face of a nurse/PA to collect data and a machine learning system to understand the data and make recommendations in response to it (e.g., request more data/tests, make a diagnosis, make a referral, etc.).