AI and Medicine
AI in m edicine’s future
While AI presents significant opportunities for innovation in medicine, it is crucial to balance its potential benefits with ethical, technical, and patient care considerations. Therefore, policymakers, healthcare providers, and researchers must work together to ensure that AI is developed and implemented responsibly and ethically, that it aligns with patients' values and preferences, and that it enhances the quality of care provided to patients. In conclusion, AI has the potential to transform the future of medicine, but only if its development and implementation align with ethical and patient- centred values. There is a potential for the impact on the workforce to be negative. However, because most of the AI discussed in this paper is not patient-facing I believe that the risks to the jobs of healthcare workers are minimal. I have not placed a heavy focus on the interpersonal aspects of medicine. This is because, during the course of my research, I have not found a sizable corpus of research attempting to replace doctor-patient interactions with AI-based alternatives. However, in the future, if this becomes a reality there will need to be large amounts of focus grouping to ensure this is delivered acceptably. I believe that the technology is reaching the point at which it can be implemented. When taken in the current socio-political environment I think there is a will to implement this technology that can vastly improve the efficiency and therefore capacity of healthcare systems across the world. It can serve as a tool to alleviate healthcare inequality in deprived parts of the world, as well as pressure in developed nations whose healthcare systems will continue to buckle in face of demographic changes. If implemented in a manner that is thoughtful and always prioritizes the patient in my view AI’s future is a fundamental way to improve the health of all on the planet.
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