27% of healthcare facilities are experimenting with AI for diagnostic or treatment purposes.
AI: what are the uses in the medical field?
The Digital Health Observatory of the Milan Polytechnic has decreed that 27% of healthcare facilities are using AI for diagnostic or treatment purposes.
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According to research, one in four doctors uses artificial intelligence, as well as 14% of nurses. Ecg, Tac, resonances and x-rays exploit algorithms to improve the accuracy of the diagnoses. Among other uses quit are also the answers to some questions, thus emulating a real human conversation.
Just one in ten doctors use artificial intelligence to search for scientific references on a specific pathology.
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The dangers of artificial intelligence
The greatest dangers in the field of AI concern citizens who seek information or have a disease diagnosed on the basis of perceived symptoms.
This is also why Europe is studying a artificial intelligence regulationuseful for clarifying the legal responsibilities of a doctor who makes wrong decisions based on a response from artificial intelligence.
It is also important that the doctor inquires about how a algorithm and what type of data it provides to arrive at its decision.