title: Artificial intelligence in medicine: humans need not apply?
abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field with a wide range of applications. Driven by economic constraints and the potential to reduce human error, we believe that over the coming years AI will perform a significant amount of the diagnostic and treatment decision-making traditionally performed by the doctor. Humans would continue to be an important part of healthcare delivery, but in many situations, less expensive fit-for-purpose healthcare workers could be trained to 'fill the gaps' where AI are less capable. As a result, the role of the doctor as an expensive problem-solver would become redundant.
authors.affiliation: Whangarei Hospital, Northland District Health Board, Whangarei, New Zealand. william.diprose@gmail.com.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Diprose
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buist
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence / Q000639:trends*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000639:trends; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications