Hacker Noon November 20, 2019
Andrew Lancaster

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and data science are really starting to shape the delivery of healthcare services. We see it in almost every significant activity, from the management of patient scheduling through to physically assisting surgery.

A New Technological Wave

Technology has long been the driving force in the evolution of healthcare. New medicines, procedures and equipment are constantly being invented to improve the range and quality of health services.

I find the new dimensions of technological progress, including AI and robotics, to be intriguing. The infiltration of autonomous procedures, quietly removed from the human touch, can be both reassuring and worrying. They mean fewer human errors but also less direct control by a thinking, feeling person.

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