>that GPs in particular would be replaced by a lower-cost Watson descendant
Everybody is trying to replace GPs (and even specialists) with AI.
But I've experienced a massive issue in healthcare that does not need an AI, just a good database.
I was prescribed intensive imunorepresive therapy... and they forgot to put me on preventative antibiotics.
If there was a very simple IF on my prescription (if Medrol > 16mg && TimeOnMedrol > 3 months { checkIfOnAntibiotics() } ) I would not have almost died with a PCP pneumonia.
Engineers always focus on the interesting technical innovation. But we have so much low-hanging fruit still to do, that just needs to use our existing technical abilities in really, really boring ways.
Everybody is trying to replace GPs (and even specialists) with AI.
But I've experienced a massive issue in healthcare that does not need an AI, just a good database. I was prescribed intensive imunorepresive therapy... and they forgot to put me on preventative antibiotics.
If there was a very simple IF on my prescription (if Medrol > 16mg && TimeOnMedrol > 3 months { checkIfOnAntibiotics() } ) I would not have almost died with a PCP pneumonia.
Engineers always focus on the interesting technical innovation. But we have so much low-hanging fruit still to do, that just needs to use our existing technical abilities in really, really boring ways.