AI in Healthcare January 21, 2020
The concept of healthcare providers working with AI technologies still worries some patients. A new commentary published by Forbes explored this dynamic, noting that it doesn’t seem to bother consumers as much when the technology is used in other industries.
For example, the author points out, drivers use the GPS-like app Waze each morning without even thinking twice about the AI at work. Where is the skepticism or unease in that scenario?
“Imagine if patients thought the same way about integrating AI into their healthcare, if they simply accepted that these types of AI were doing their job,” wrote Jean-Claude Saghbini, the chief technology officer at Wolters Kluwer Health. “At its...