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AI-A Replacement?

AI transforms healthcare, but doctors' empathy remains vital. Embracing AI brings challenges

April 22, 2024
AI-A Replacement?

Current technologies like ultrasound (USG), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play crucial roles in healthcare diagnostics. AI's future possibilities include enhancing image analysis for quicker and more accurate diagnoses, predictive analytics for personalized treatment plans, and streamlining administrative tasks to improve overall efficiency in healthcare delivery. AI may also contribute to drug discovery and genomics, revolutionizing personalized medicine.

How does AI influence medical Visualization, and what is the future of AI in healthcare?

AI technology has been widely used to detect fractures or dislocations that are hard to detect using standard imaging techniques with the human eye. AI-powered tools can detect subtle variations in medical images. Using unbiased AI algorithms, trauma patients can receive the best care for a positive outcome.

The future of artificial intelligence in healthcare has a great scope with respect to both the patients as well as the doctors.

  • It can give a health care-oriented overview with the help of Natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning (ML)
  • As the time is passing, healthcare is getting revolutionized and having a great impact on patients, clinicians, and the pharmaceutical industry
  • A look at how the future of AI in health care might unfold as these technologies impact the practice of medicine and health care over the next decade
Can AI read medical imaging?

Researchers have applied AI to automatically recognizing complex patterns in imaging data and providing quantitative assessments of radiographic characteristics. In radiation oncology, AI has been applied on different image modalities that are used at different stages of the treatment.

AI can also be used in combination with electronic health records (EHRs) to provide more personalized treatment recommendations. EHRs contain a wealth of information about a patient’s medical history, including past diagnoses, treatments, and medications. AI algorithms can analyze this information to identify potential risks and recommend personalized treatment plans based on the patient’s unique health profile.

Overall, the use of AI in personalized treatment planning has the potential to improve patient outcomes by tailoring medical treatments to the individual needs of each patient. However, it is important to note that AI should not replace healthcare providers but rather be used as a tool to help support their decision-making process

Will AI replace the doctors in our society?

As personalized as AI can give insights to patients, it takes a human face for many to be ready to accept what needs to be done to get healthy. Doctors possess emotional intelligence and the ability to provide psychological support to patients, which is essential for effective healthcare. AI, no matter how advanced, cannot replicate the human touch and compassion that doctors bring to patient care

Medicine encounters cases that are unique, rare, or present with unusual symptoms. These situations require good judgment, critical thinking,  and the ability to adapt treatment strategies on the fly. AI algorithms are limited by the data they are trained on, and they may perform logical leaps to create solutions that are not realistic.

AI won’t  understand the emotions of the patient, won’t  make judgments.AI can give the patient the right advice for treatment but we should not forget that patients are humans not AI hence they need emotional support more than any other form of medicine.

It has been seen that even doctors understand the need of the hour and have been inclining towards the use of AI in their personal setups. It has not only made their work easy but also more efficient, less tiring, and with minimal errors.

Conclusion:

Hence it is the same as replacing a leg with wooden or steel peg .

Both complete the purpose  of walking but still no one can beat the  essence of originality.

As a coin has 2 sides,the same way every advantage comes with a disadvantage, no one in this world has achieved perfection neither can they.

The challenges what doctors can face using AI:

1:Training Doctors to Use AI

2:Addressing Bugs in AI

It is important to acknowledge that computers are not perfect and that bugs do happen. While safety protocols are always implemented and final decisions are made by people when dealing with healthcare, it is still important to maintain a high level of caution when using AI  when treating with human lives 

3: Skepticism from Patients

Due to the chance of computer errors, there may be many patients who are not ready to have any new technology utilized in their medical visits. Science is an ever-evolving process of making new discoveries and updating outdated ways to improve our lives.