"But in recent months Tolchin has begun seeing patients who are using a new, far more powerful tool for self-diagnosis: artificial intelligence chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the latest version of Microsoft’s search engine Bing (which is based on OpenAI’s software) and Google’s Med-PaLM. Trained on text across the Internet, these large language models (LLMs) predict the next word in a sequence to answer questions in a humanlike style. Faced with a critical shortage of health care workers, researchers and medical professionals hope that bots can step in to help answer people’s questions. Initial tests by researchers suggest these AI programs are far more accurate than a Google search. Some researchers predict that within the year, a major medical center will announce a collaboration using LLM chatbots to interact with patients and diagnose disease"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-chatbots-can-diagnose-medical-conditions-at-home-how-good-are-they/
"Today, AI-powered chatbots work well beyond helping frightened patients assess their symptoms and determine next steps: The technology has the ability to recommend treatments and schedule visits, among other things. And it can be an asset to busy organizations seeking to deploy staff elsewhere.
Intelligent, Empathetic and Supportive Care
Chatbots provide instant conversational responses and make connecting simple for patients. And when implemented properly, they can help care providers to surpass patient expectations and improve patient outcomes.
However, AI solutions sometimes lack the most important quality to good care delivery: a human touch."
https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2020/08/are-you-there-chatbot-automated-care-grows
"The adoption of chatbots in healthcare is growing exponentially. Research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts that by 2025, 90 percent of hospitals in the U.S. will use artificial intelligence and chatbots to augment care delivery.
What are healthcare chatbots?
Chatbot software leverages machine learning algorithms and natural language processing to engage users in conversation. The artificial intelligence-enabled tools can even mimic human conversations to make the experience more personal and engaging for the user. Chatbots aren’t intended to replace a physician-patient interaction, of course. But, they do help healthcare providers scale their ability to engage patients outside of the office in a way that’s relevant and individualized to each patient."
https://www.providertech.com/medical-ai-chatbots-everything-you-need-to-know/
"The medical field is one of the most complex, challenging, and expensive fields to operate in. This is one of the main reasons why many institutions have been looking for ways to automate the process of communicating with patients.
AI chatbots for healthcare are one such way to automate the communication process between doctors and patients. They allow doctors to communicate with patients in a more efficient manner while allowing them to focus on other aspects of their work."
https://textually.org/chatbot-in-medical-field/
ChatGPT is poised to upend medical information. For better and worse.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/02/26/chatgpt-medical-care-doctors/11253952002/
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