‘I’m the left turn guy’: AI comes to the doctor’s office, Pennsylvania hospitals

Artificial intelligence will be introduced at hospitals in Pennsylvania to diminish the workload of doctors, nurses and others, and to take on some far less mundane tasks including monitoring high-risk patients. — Image by freepik

PENNSLYVANIA: Artificial intelligence is making its way into medical offices throughout Pennsylvania, including those in Pittsburgh, with the tantalising promise of fewer administrative headaches for doctors and better care for patients.

The transition could be bumpy: Among obstacles to widespread adoption of tech that instantly taps vast stores of information will be doctors’ resistance to change how they've practiced medicine, experts say. For patients, the selling point could be more eye contact and better communication during office visits, if doctors aren't tied up with a computer screen, typing notes into a medical record.