Whenever I read about AI/robots taking over medicine, I am reminded by Mycin, one of the first medical AI systems concluding 'double the dose' when faced with a dead patient.
Sure, robot assisted surgery appears to be very useful, as does 'simple interpretation' such as the Garvan's thyroid system but I would be concerned by a non human diagnosis or treatment. Bobj Dr Bob Jansen Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd Ph +61 414 297 448 Skype bobjtls [email protected] Http://www.turtlelane.com.au > On 12 Feb 2016, at 11:40, Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rather than a wing of a hospital - more useful would be remote care and > operations. Imagine having > access to the best surgeons in your local library, school or [aged] care > facility. Not having to fly > hundreds of kms or risking life and limb in traffic to have a baby. > > A lot of surgery these days already involves robots. >> Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS), bandaid >> surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern surgical technique in which >> operations are performed far from their location through small incisions >> (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) elsewhere in the body. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laparoscopic_surgery > > Marghanita >> On 12/02/16 13:15, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital >> The Conversation >> Anjali Jaiprakash >> Jonathan Roberts >> Ross Crawford >> February 9, 2016 6.07am AED >> https://theconversation.com/robots-in-health-care-could-lead-to-a-doctorless-hospital-54316 >> >> Imagine your child requires a life-saving operation. You enter the >> hospital and are confronted with a stark choice. >> >> Do you take the traditional path with human medical staff, including >> doctors and nurses, where long-term trials have shown a 90% chance that >> they will save your child’s life? >> >> Or do you choose the robotic track, in the factory-like wing of the >> hospital, tended to by technical specialists and an array of robots, but >> where similar long-term trials have shown that your child has a 95% >> chance of survival? >> >> Most rational people would opt for the course of action that is more >> likely to save their child. But are we really ready to let machines take >> over from a human in delivering patient care? >> >> Of course, machines will not always get it right. But like autopilots in >> aircraft, and the driverless cars that are just around the corner, >> medical robots do not need to be perfect, they just have to be better >> than humans. >> >> So how long before robots are shown to perform better than humans at >> surgery and other patient care? It may be sooner, or it may be later, >> but it will happen one day. >> >> But what does this mean for our hospitals? Are the new hospitals being >> built now ready for a robotic future? Are we planning for large-scale >> role changes for the _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
