The promises and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence in medicine
Correction: The text introduction to this segment has been updated to correct Dr. Kohane’s affiliation to the New England Journal of Medicine AI, a sister publication of the NEJM. We regret the error.
AI is finding its place in all sorts of scientific fields, and health care is no exception. Programs are learning to answer patients’ medical questions and diagnose illnesses, but there are problems to be worked out. Dr. Isaac Kohane, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine AI and chair of Harvard’s department of biomedical informatics, joins John Yang to discuss.
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Correction: The text introduction to this segment has been updated to correct Dr. Kohane’s affiliation to the New England Journal of Medicine AI, a sister publication of the NEJM. We regret the error.
AI is finding its place in all sorts of scientific fields, and health care is no exception. Programs are learning to answer patients’ medical questions and diagnose illnesses, but there are problems to be worked out. Dr. Isaac Kohane, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine AI and chair of Harvard’s department of biomedical informatics, joins John Yang to discuss.
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