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>that GPs in particular would be replaced by a lower-cost Watson descendant Everybody is trying to replace GPs (and even specialists) with AI. But I've experi
by sputr 5y ago
>that GPs in particular would be replaced by a lower-cost Watson descendant
Everybody is trying to replace GPs (and even specialists) with AI.
But I've experienced a massive issue in healthcare that does not need an AI, just a good database.
I was prescribed intensive imunorepresive therapy... and they forgot to put me on preventative antibiotics.
If there was a very simple IF on my prescription (if Medrol > 16mg && TimeOnMedrol > 3 months { checkIfOnAntibiotics() } ) I would not have almost died with a PCP pneumonia.
Engineers always focus on the interesting technical innovation. But we have so much low-hanging fruit still to do, that just needs to use our existing technical abilities in really, really boring ways.
- sedachv 5y ago> If there was a very simple IF on my prescription This was supposed to be solved by rule-based/expert systems in the 1980s AI bubble.
- sputr 5y agoThe "was supposed" is the point of my comment. It wasn't. Yeah, there are a lot of systems like these who do some part of this, but it's far, FAR from a solved issue.