What began as an emergency stop-gap measure during Covid has settled in and become an established part of normal, everyday medical care. While virtual care over the telephone was relatively rare in the years (decades) prior to Covid, doctors began to consult online with patients almost overnight. Few patients wanted to risk catching Covid by congregating with other patients in a physician’s waiting room. Few doctors wanted to risk treating contagious Covid patients through in-person exams. A recent study found telemedicine has become an established practice across the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
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I for one am not concerned about AI prescribing. I am concerned it has not yet reached Texas.
NYT: What is Physicians’ Role in an AI Empowered Health Care System?
AI is causing some doctors to rethink what it means to be a physician. What is their purpose in the age of chatbots that can spit out accurate answers to medical questions 24 hours a day and do not take vacations. Will AI boost the productivity of doctors the way tractors boost the productivity of farmers? Or will it put skilled knowledge workers out of a job like the assembly line did to cobblers and tailors?
State Regulated Practice of Medicine Inhibits Innovative Practice Models
Anything that can cut through the bureaucracy and turf wars to nudge medical care into the Information Age would benefit consumers and boost access to care.