Becker's Healthcare September 21, 2023
Artificial intelligence is on par with physicians for virtual primary care diagnoses, according to a new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health.
The researchers analyzed 102,059 virtual primary care visits between October 2022 and January 2023 in which patients started with an AI interview before being diagnosed by a physician or advanced practice provider. Providers agreed with an AI diagnosis in 84.2 percent of cases and the top-ranked AI diagnosis in 60.9 percent of them, according to the Sept. 20 study. Independent clinician adjudicators’ diagnoses lined up with the AI as well.
“This pioneering study marks the first comprehensive examination of AI’s performance versus physicians in real-life cases as opposed to textbook vignettes,” said lead author, Dan Zeltzer, PhD,...
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