How machine learning will fundamentally change the lives of healthcare providers

Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies could fundamentally change healthcare forever, both for providers and their patients. A new analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined that potential shift in great detail.

“What if every medical decision, whether made by an intensivist or a community health worker, was instantly reviewed by a team of relevant experts who provided guidance if the decision seemed amiss?” asked Google’s Alvin Rajkomar, MD, and colleagues. “Patients with newly diagnosed, uncomplicated hypertension would receive the medications that are known to be most effective rather than the one that is most familiar to the prescriber. Inadvertent overdoses and errors in...