An incredible amount of information in this essay. The chart on medical expenses compared to other consumer expenditures says it all.
I tend to think that AI can have a significant role in general wellness medicine. At my annual physical the first half hour or so consists of reading though the results of the blood test, comparing to prior analyses and reaching conclusions and action steps. Seems to me to be a job that could mostly be done by a "bot" under the supervision of an actual doctor.
Agreed. There's a set of optimizations within the system (so-called sustaining innovations) of which the one you suggest is definitely in the cards. The fact that it's still like that is discouraging. I hope to see more of those sorts of innovations in the immediate-term.
An incredible amount of information in this essay. The chart on medical expenses compared to other consumer expenditures says it all.
I tend to think that AI can have a significant role in general wellness medicine. At my annual physical the first half hour or so consists of reading though the results of the blood test, comparing to prior analyses and reaching conclusions and action steps. Seems to me to be a job that could mostly be done by a "bot" under the supervision of an actual doctor.
Agreed. There's a set of optimizations within the system (so-called sustaining innovations) of which the one you suggest is definitely in the cards. The fact that it's still like that is discouraging. I hope to see more of those sorts of innovations in the immediate-term.