Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives
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By Charlotte Blease
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How does AI compare to a doctor when it comes to saving lives?
Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and ever developing medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are all too human, prone to racial, class and social biases that affect the care patients receive. Can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the same time? In this groundbreaking study, Charlotte Blease reveals how AI, if handled with care, could emerge as the most reliable physician in history. Drawing on interviews with authorities in AI, doctors and patients, Blease shows how technology – despite some resistance – is already making a difference. From diagnosis and second opinions to treatment and aftercare, AI has the potential to revolutionise our healthcare. TweetReviews
A very good book. The author has taken part in a lot of research and cited the work of other researchers. She highlights the problems with medical systems in UK and US. She mentions how much problems underdeveloped countries would struggle to cope. She points out the strain that doctors are put through and that they are only human. There are studies on how doctors are resistant to changes particularly with the use of technology.
There have been highlights of cases of customers struggling to attend appointments in US and how Telecare had done consultations through video conferencing and how this had helped them especially those with mobility issues. There was a big emphasis on Empathy and how some doctors did not always show this. However I do strongly believe that they have to be quite objective and I do think a doctors do show empathy from my own personal encounters with them.
Charlotte Blease has mentioned how patients are taking more responsibility for their health through using Chat GPT and gadgets like Apple Watch. She has mentioned the drawbacks of using AI and highlights the dangers of misdiagnosis. It had included in its data other ethnic minorities when examining certain cases. Doctors have used AI and before that they used to search on Google search engines. A lot of new doctors are now more IT skilled with using computers, phones and tablets. Now lots of doctors are on social media.
I think that when creating chat bots the creators should be mindful about how much information is uploaded otherwise it may not be a good diagnosis. This was also one of the highlighted dangers. AI has done some marvellous work in the medical field and this work continues particularly through medical trials and parts of the medical field are starting to use AI. There is still the big debate on Man Vs Machines. Doctors are particularly resistant to this change. This could be a fear that it may replace them.
I do believe that human doctors will always be needed and AI can be used like many other tools to assist Doctors and nurses in the medical field. It can certainly carry out certain admin functions although we have to be mindful of GDPR and cyber security issues. Doctors are needed for many things and people will always want human interaction and don't think AI will replace them but there is room for AI in the medical field which can help assist doctors.
