KevinMD January 22, 2025
Since the release of large language models such as ChatGPT in November of 2022, medicine has been transformed in ways previously unimaginable by using artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to solve problems. The use of natural language processing (NLP) in a transformer model allows physicians to explore the massive amount of data in a patient’s electronic medical record to identify key opportunities to improve patient care. In addition, machine learning algorithms applied to images of the retina, chest x-rays, pathologic biopsy specimens, and imaging of the skin identify diseases in a way that is currently unexplainable.
As of October 2024, the FDA has approved over 950 AI medical devices, and as of this year, most hospitals and health systems...