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I suspect that regardless of how far this technology advances, doctors will still be manually reading X-rays and MRIs for decades to come--and of course, in the
by technopessimist 12y ago
I suspect that regardless of how far this technology advances, doctors will still be manually reading X-rays and MRIs for decades to come--and of course, in the US, collecting obscene salaries for doing so.
Sure, they may adopt the technology to make their diagnoses more accurate, but they will still demand that they have final say and that the law effectively make them its gatekeepers.
Even if these systems prove more accurate, doctors will still fear-monger (successfully) about the danger of trusting algorithms and stress the need for competent, highly-educated MDs being involved at every step along the way.
Medicine will be the last field automated.
- rl3 12y agoUntil we have Elysium-style re-atomization machines that magically heal people, I'm perfectly happy having a doctor in the loop.
- taeric 12y agoI'd go it a different way. As long as having a doctor in the loop doesn't harm outcomes, I'm happy having one in the loop.
- jostmey 12y agoDon't get me started.
- iandanforth 12y agoYou are correct, we're screwed, but that doesn't mean the countries in the world that don't even have one doctor for every 1000 people (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS) can't benefit massively from this.
- Sven7 12y agoI dont think so. Have you heard of medical tourism - the great equalizer.
- radnam 12y agoBased on my experience, most of the work related to reading the MRI or X-ray images is mostly outsourced to developing nations to improve availability (24/7) and to minimize costs.