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- Page navigation anchor for Artificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceArtificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceWe read with great interest the editorial by Summerton and Cansdale1 who highlighted some ways in which general practice in the UK may change with
the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly focussing on rates of cancer diagnosis. Given that general practice is an acutely time-pressured speciality, we aim to comment onsome of the practicalities and logistics of AI-driven cancer diagnostic interventions.The authors allude to the use of a comprehensive AI-guided cancer risk stratification system, which aims to perform this task within 10 minutes. However, given the time-constraints of a general practice setting,2 there is scarcely time to complete existing questionnaires, let alone this novel system. A more straightforward method may involve analysing medical records immediately after creation by the GP, with potential integration of AI into existing medica...Show MoreCompeting Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Artificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceArtificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practice
Can AI replace doctors? With the rapid development of science, AI is playing an important role in healthcare system, but AI cannot completely replace clinicians. There is no reliable database to support the operation of AI, and sometimes clinicians make treatment decisions based on their experience, In addition, doctors can pick up cues from patients using empathy and compassion, but AI cannot. For GPs, I believe the AI tools can help to enhance diagnostic accuracy and there
are now developed tools being applied in clinics, such as picture analysis of medical imaging and continuous monitoring of symptoms that are providing preliminary diagnosis. AI technology can also efficiently help to deal with the work in preventive healthcare, so that GPs will have enough time to concentrate on their patients.Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Artificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceArtificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practice
As a triage and screening tool, AI could theoretically reduce the pressure on the medical system and allocate resources to patients who need medical help the most. AI could be used as a replacement for tasks that are less complex but time intensive and labour-intensive, allowing health workers to tackle more complex tasks. But the problem is that how to increase the trust of health workers and patients in AI. On the one hand, this problem involves the accuracy of AI’s data analysis; on the other hand, it is also related to ethics. For the accuracy of data analysis, a larger and more comprehensive database needs to be established, which is something that technicians need to solve. But ethically, who is responsible for the errors made by AI? On the other hand, is it not good for the harmonious development of the doctor–patient relationship to use a lot of tools to replace the labour in clinical work?
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AI is a topical word. AI collects a large amount of data that can
Show Morebe used as a reference for materials to alert GPs ofpossible misdiagnosis. A human’s memoryis limited , but AI records a large amount of data and can help us provide a reference in clinical work. This allows GPs to manage contracted patients more comprehensively. However, the data is not...Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Artificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceArtificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceIt is undeniable that the development of AI will help doctors solve many things, such as helping make preliminary judgments about diseases, and also helping doctors to rationalise drug use for patients. We cannot ignore that many patients will not go to the hospital to see a doctor and some distrust doctors. With AI, patients will go to AI directly, and may not go to the hospital. Just like many people who are sick now go online to find answers, will there be bigger problems, such as missed diagnosis? Although this problem can
be standardised in the future, at the initial stage of AI development, we must pay attention to this problem and find solutions.Competing Interests: None declared. - Page navigation anchor for Artificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceArtificial intelligence and diagnosis in general practiceI agree on that “Doctors who embrace AI will replace those who reject AI”. I believe that AI will play a great role in assisting doctors’ workShow More
in the future . But it won’t replace doctors. First, doctors have their own thinking construction, can integrate his knowledge and practical experience for logical reasoning, can provide psychological comfort to patients, I think these are difficult to achieve by AI. Second, as mentioned in the article, there must be a lot of patients who don’t trust the cool machine. Third, AI’s work such as diagnosisis based on...Competing Interests: None declared.