[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":365},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-physician-burnout":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":180,"relatedBooks":364},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":32,"project_category":50,"contact_email_category":51,"yst_prominent_words":52,"class_list":59,"better_featured_image":84,"acf":115,"yoast_meta":124,"_links":127},22868,"2019-01-31T14:00:27","2019-01-31T12:00:27",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=22868&_wpnonce=29d4a05c4d&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-04-20T17:48:49","2022-04-20T15:48:49","physician-burnout","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fphysician-burnout",{"rendered":17},"Could A.I. Turn The Tables On The Physician Burnout Epidemic?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There’s an urgent need to lower the staggering levels of physician burnout around the globe as it results in reduced quality of life for the medical community, decreased levels of patient care – and a worsening human resources crisis in the long run. While technology, especially EHRs, is often considered as an essential factor contributing to physician burnout, we expect artificial intelligence to significantly reduce the administrative burden and improve medical professionals’ work experience in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The rough numbers of physician burnout\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The emotional and mental well-being of medical\nprofessionals around the world has reached such historically low levels, that\nthe incoming President of the World Medical Association, Dr. Leonid Eidelman, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wma.net\u002Fnews-post\u002Fwma-leader-warns-of-global-physician-burnout\u002F\">started his inauguration speech in October 2018 with\naddressing the “pandemic of physician burnout”\u003C\u002Fa>. At that moment, \u003Cstrong>nearly\nhalf of the world’s 10 million physicians had symptoms of burnout, including\nemotional exhaustion, interpersonal disengagement, and a low sense of personal\naccomplishment, he explained. It continues to negatively influence the quality\nof care and shorten the lifetime a\nphysician is able to practice medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>, Dr. Eidelman added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The situation has never been so disappointing as today – in the age of technological promise – and it is getting worse day by day. While then acting \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medpagetoday.com\u002Fpublichealthpolicy\u002Fgeneralprofessionalissues\u002F57280\">Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy already sounded the alarm bells in the US three years ago\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fehrs\u002F6-stats-on-ehr-related-physician-burnout-and-7-tips-to-combat-it.html\">statistics show\u003C\u002Fa> that the phenomenon is worsening: about half (51 percent) of physicians reported frequent feelings of burnout in 2017, up from 40 percent in 2013. Beyond the colossal sum that physician burnout could cost the U.S. healthcare industry – $17 billion each year -, it implicates lowering levels of patient care with potential dangers for patients’ lives and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medscape.com\u002Fviewarticle\u002F896257\">highest suicide rate among professions\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Not only the U.S. has such depressing numbers, although the range of statistics around the phenomenon could \u003Cg class=\"gr_ gr_388 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"388\" data-gr-id=\"388\">vary\u003C\u002Fg> highly (from 7 to 70 percent!) depending on organization context and samples. According to a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F30580199\">study among French physicians\u003C\u002Fa>, the prevalence estimate for burnout was 49 percent and 5 percent for severe burnout.  A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F18622012\">survey among family doctors in 12 European countries\u003C\u002Fa> about the same subject showed that nearly\u003Cbr> 65 percent of participants had signs of high burnout. But how did we get there? What are the causes of these distressing numbers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FPhysician-Burnout-512x364.jpg\" alt=\"Physician burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22870\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FPhysician-Burnout-512x364.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FPhysician-Burnout-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FPhysician-Burnout-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FPhysician-Burnout.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.ehrintelligence.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What are the causes of burnout? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC6034099\u002F\">According to the literature\u003C\u002Fa>, burnout is defined as a prolonged response to\nchronic emotional and interpersonal stressors in the work environment. The\ndoctor or the nurse feel that no matter how hard they work, it has no result\nwhatsoever, and after several failed attempts it isn’t worth trying anymore,\nand life will end anyway – what’s the point? That creates a massive distance between caregivers and\npatients, the former being unable for empathy or attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>phenomenon is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhuman-resources-health.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12960-016-0108-9\">highly influenced by external factors\u003C\u002Fa>, such as the general work environment, the workload, the subjective feeling of being in control of the amount or the quality of tasks, as well as by the interpersonal stress caused by intensive emotional and physical contact by “other people”\u003C\u002Fstrong>, such as patients, colleagues, insurers, hospital management, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fe.infogram.com\u002F5cffcbdf-90a0-44f7-9d3c-d121d384f050?src=embed\" title=\"What contributes to physician burnout?\" width=\"550\" height=\"799\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finfogram.com\u002F5cffcbdf-90a0-44f7-9d3c-d121d384f050\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What contributes to physician burnout?\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finfogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infogram\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The\nEHR and administration: the Scylla and Charybdis for doctors\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the medical profession has always been a noble but physically and mentally challenging\ncareer choice, \u003Cstrong>the sudden technological\nadvancement has uprooted the traditional working settings of the medical\ncommunity and in spite of the promise of technology to improve the job in the\nlong run, experiences in the short term show frustration and dissatisfaction\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\nThe President of the World Medical Association said in his inauguration speech mentioned above that, “\u003Cem>this pandemic was being caused, among other\nthings, by very dynamic and changing working conditions.”\u003C\u002Fem> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2017, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medscape.com\u002Fslideshow\u002F2018-lifestyle-burnout-depression-6009235\">the American Medical Association conducted a survey\u003C\u002Fa> among more than 15,000 medical\nprofessionals across 29 specialties about burnout. To the question of what\ncontributes most to physician burnout, \u003Cstrong>most\nof the respondents answered the followings: the burden of bureaucratic tasks\n(56 per cent), long hours at work (39 per cent), the lack of respect coming\ntowards them (26 per cent) and the increasing computerization of the practice,\nincluding the issue around EHRs (24 per cent)\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Except for the issue of respect, the correlation between the other three elements seems to be straightforward. The introduction of new technologies, such as EHRs, the differences in the logic of the medical community and the IT crowd, have caused frustration – that might contribute to increased administrative burdens and even longer hours at the practice. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fehrs\u002F6-stats-on-ehr-related-physician-burnout-and-7-tips-to-combat-it.html\">Statistics have found\u003C\u002Fa> that half of the physicians’ average workdays are spent entering data into EHRs and conducting clerical work, while just 27 \u003Cg class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">per cent\u003C\u002Fg> is spent with actual patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-512x284.jpg\" alt=\"Physician burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22871\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-512x284.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.mdainc.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What are the consequences of burnout?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Burnout could have catastrophic implications on the\npersonal as well as on the community level.\nImagine that your mom has to go through a complicated surgery, but the\noperation is scheduled for the end of a shift. The doctor is overwhelmed,\nextremely tired, doesn’t see the point of working anyway, so just wants to\nfinish as soon as possible. Would you entrust your mom’s health with a\nphysician with burnout? What will the chances be for medical errors and\nunexpected complications?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the US, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2016-05-03\u002Fmedical-errors-are-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us\">medical errors are the third leading cause of death\u003C\u002Fa> with more than 250,000 deaths per year. Although\nthere are no longitudinal studies about the correlation of burnout and medical\nerrors, for example, Dr. David Meyers, chief medical officer of the Agency for\nHealthcare Research and Quality, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealth.usnews.com\u002Fhealth-care\u002Fpatient-advice\u002Farticles\u002F2018-04-17\u002Fis-physician-burnout-affecting-your-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted\u003C\u002Fa>, “when doctors and nurses feel burnt out, they are\nmore likely to make a medical error.” With the increasing numbers of burnout,\nhigh levels of patient care are endangered. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Or, what’s worse, the actual act of care. \u003Cstrong>The phenomenon strains a global healthcare\nsystem already battling the lack of medical professionals. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.massmed.org\u002Fburnoutpaper\u002F#.XFDJIlxKg2z\">The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\npredicts\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> that by 2025, there will be a nationwide shortage of\nnearly 90,000 physicians, many driven away from medicine or out of practice\nbecause of the effects of burnout\u003C\u002Fstrong>. While, according to \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftmfinstitute.org\u002F\">The Medical Futurist Institute\u003C\u002Fa>, the needs-based shortage of healthcare workers\nglobally is already about 17.4 million. That’s almost the entire population of Chile\nand twice as many as living in Austria or Israel. And the U.S. could see a lack\nof up to 120,000 physicians by 2030, according to a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Faamc-black.global.ssl.fastly.net\u002Fproduction\u002Fmedia\u002Ffiler_public\u002Fbc\u002Fa9\u002Fbca9725e-3507-4e35-87e3-d71a68717d06\u002Faamc_2018_workforce_projections_update_april_11_2018.pdf\">report\u003C\u002Fa> published in April 2018 by the Association of American Medical\nColleges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FConsequences-of-Physician-Burnout-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"Physician burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22872\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FConsequences-of-Physician-Burnout-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FConsequences-of-Physician-Burnout-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FConsequences-of-Physician-Burnout-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FConsequences-of-Physician-Burnout.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.hbr.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How to fight physician burnout?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As burnout is not only an individual phenomenon, organizations have a lot of responsibility in preventing its emergence and managing the consequences. As \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhuman-resources-health.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12960-016-0108-9\">avoiding physician burnout is a much more successful method of dealing with the problem than “firefighting”\u003C\u002Fa>, prevention should get in the forefront of battling prolonged exhaustion. \u003Cstrong>Change in the work environment, constant schedule shifts break the monotony of the job, the introduction of the sabbatical year could recharge medical professionals, and various professional training courses might give back the belief in the value of healing and taking care of others.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Looking at the individual level, when the above\nmentioned AMA survey asked doctors how they personally deal with their burnout,\nhalf of them brought up exercise and\nsports, and 46 per cent said they talk their troubles through with family and\u002For\nclose friends. Beyond these methods, applying various stress-reducing techniques, such as meditation and the attempt to\nreach mindfulness might also be successful. What’s\nmore, innovative boardgames could come into the picture. Focus Games\nintroduced the so-called \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fshop.focusgames.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fworking-stress-game\">Working Stress\nGame\u003C\u002Fa> for physicians to talk about the effects of stress and how to\nunderstand stressors better in a playful way. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here, \u003Cstrong>technology as a helper might come into the picture. Activity and fitness trackers could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-to-start-running\">help exercise better\u003C\u002Fa> and more efficiently, sleep sensors and apps could take care of the good night sleep, and plenty of mental health apps aim for guiding users to mindfulness\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.thehappymd.com\u002Fburnout-proof-app\">Burnout Proof\u003C\u002Fa> app even specializes in preventing and managing the phenomenon offering tools to reduce stress and rebalance life. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FYoga-For-Healing-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"Physician Burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22873\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FYoga-For-Healing-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FYoga-For-Healing-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FYoga-For-Healing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FYoga-For-Healing.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.yogajournal.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What could A.I. do?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, these tools might seem to only tackle the\nsymptoms, but leave the ultimate sources for the emergence of burnout\nuntouched. The issue of the pile of administrative tasks, the problems with the\nEHRs and the long working hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist believes that such \u003Cstrong>repetitive, monotonous tasks without the\nslightest need for creativity could and should be done by artificial\nintelligence in the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For example, as in the brilliant movie, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imdb.com\u002Ftitle\u002Ftt1798709\u002F?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Her\u003C\u002Fa>,\ncognitive assistants could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F10-things-how-artificial-intelligence-could-make-me-a-better-doctor\u002F\">prioritize e-mails in doctors’ inboxes or keep them\nup-to-date\u003C\u002Fa> with the help of\nfinding the latest and most relevant scientific studies in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are some real-world examples already. IBM\nlaunched an algorithm called \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fresearcher.watson.ibm.com\u002Fresearcher\u002Fview_group.php?id=4384\">Medical Sieve\u003C\u002Fa>. It is an ambitious long-term exploratory project to\nbuild the next-generation “cognitive\nassistant” with analytical, reasoning capabilities and a wide range of clinical\nknowledge. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>San Francisco-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.augmedix.com\u002F\">Augmedix\u003C\u002Fa> aims to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-9-augmented-reality-companies-healthcare\u002F\">harness the power of the Google Glass to make\nhealthcare more patient-centric\u003C\u002Fa> and cut down on administration. It provides a technology-enabled\ndocumentation service for doctors and health systems, so physicians do not have\nto check their computers during patient visits, while medical notes are still\ngenerated in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fdoes-your-doctor-need-a-voice-assistant\u002F\">voice assistants have the potential to free up the time of doctors\u003C\u002Fa> spent on administration. Companies like \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmm-online.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Fdoctors-siri-alexa-voice-assistants-smart-speakers-ehr\u002Farticle\u002F666476\u002F\">Nuance and M*Modal already provide software-based dictation services\u003C\u002Fa> to physicians. California-based company, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnotablehealth.com\u002F\">Notable\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fglobenewswire.com\u002Fnews-release\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F07\u002F1497557\u002F0\u002Fen\u002FNotable-to-Deliver-First-Wearable-Voice-Powered-Assistant-for-Physicians.html\">launched\u003C\u002Fa> a wearable voice-powered assistant in May 2018 aimed at helping doctors capture data during interactions with patients. Also, there are already smart versions of common clinical devices such as thermometers, blood pressure cuffs, and scales that automatically record readings in the patient record, so you do not have to type them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FMedical-Administration-And-AI.jpg\" alt=\"Physician burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22874\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.healthcareweekly.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The trend is crystal-clear: \u003Cstrong>to line up the tools of natural\nlanguage processing – one of the most advanced\ndirections of artificial narrow\nintelligence to date – for cutting the administrative burden on physicians to\nzero. By significantly reducing that burden, one of the most critical workplace stressors of physicians and one of the biggest causes of burnout\nwould be eliminated. Not to speak about the indirect consequences such as the\nfall in working hours and the increase of quality time spent with patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We are not saying that this is going to happen\ntomorrow or the day after tomorrow. At the moment, we are living in a\ntransition period from analog to digital healthcare systems with EHRs somewhere\nin-between – and the adaptation process is tough.\nHowever, there’s light at the end of the tunnel: we imagine a future where A.I.\nsurrounds the doctor when the patient\nowes him a visit, it’s the one “taking notes”,\nupdating the EHRs and filling out prescriptions, while the doctor actually\ntakes care of the patient. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300px\" name=\"opinionstage-widget\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.opinionstage.com\u002Fpolls\u002F2536902\u002Fpoll\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"100%\">webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>There’s an urgent need to lower the staggering levels of physician burnout around the globe as it results in reduced quality of life for the medical community, decreased levels of patient care – and a worsening human resources crisis in the long run. While technology, especially EHRs, are often considered as an essential factor contributing to physician burnout, we expect artificial intelligence to significantly reduce the administrative burden an improve medical professionals’ work experience in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,22904,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31],504,[33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49],304,358,425,134,618,144,1219,207,1220,246,1221,271,1222,275,1223,289,1224,[],[],[53,54,55,56,57,58],1723,1739,1883,2015,4661,5113,[60,14,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83],"post-22868","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-medical","tag-physician","tag-technology-2","tag-ai","tag-health-technology","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-administration","tag-digital-health","tag-administrative","tag-future","tag-ehr","tag-health","tag-medical-records","tag-healthcare","tag-burnout","tag-innovation","tag-physician-burnout",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":85,"media_details":86,"post":5,"source_url":114},"image",{"width":87,"height":88,"file":89,"sizes":90,"image_meta":112},1920,1080,"2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled.png",{"medium":91,"large":97,"thumbnail":102,"medium_large":106,"1536x1536":107},{"file":92,"width":93,"height":94,"mime-type":95,"source_url":96},"064_burnout-scaled-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled-370x208.png",{"file":98,"width":99,"height":100,"mime-type":95,"source_url":101},"064_burnout-scaled-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled-768x432.png",{"file":103,"width":104,"height":104,"mime-type":95,"source_url":105},"064_burnout-scaled-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled-150x150.png",{"file":98,"width":99,"height":100,"mime-type":95,"source_url":101},{"file":108,"width":109,"height":110,"mime-type":95,"source_url":111},"064_burnout-scaled-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled-1536x864.png",{"aperture":113,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":113,"copyright":27,"focal_length":113,"iso":113,"shutter_speed":113,"title":27,"orientation":113},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F064_burnout-scaled.png",{"related_posts":116,"related_posts_footer":120,"cta_type":27,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":20},[117,118,119],13650,16745,21320,[121,122,123],10983,10785,17898,{"yoast_wpseo_title":125,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":126,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Could A.I. 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We saw it coming over the past years, and as easy-to-use tools, such as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fprompt-engineering-11-tips-to-craft-great-chatgpt-prompts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT\u003C\u002Fa> and Midjourney arrived, that initial wave \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-year-in-ai-the-most-important-milestones-for-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grew into a tsunami\u003C\u002Fa>. But would this mean that medical professionals are not needed anymore? Of course not. \u003Cstrong>Here are five fundamental reasons why AI won’t replace doctors – and it never will.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can AI replace doctors? - The Medical Futurist #shorts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FeWu5BRqq-h8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medical community should not fall for the fearmongering around AI. Despite the wide-scale automatisation and digitalisation, humans will always be needed for specific tasks and, according to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.weforum.org\u002Fagenda\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Frobots-artificial-intelligence-japan\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some studies\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the use of robots and AI could even lead to expanded employment and increased wages. But the fear of technology is there, from artificial intelligence taking the place of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fai.nejm.org\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1056\u002FAIdbp2300192\" target=\"_blank\">doctors in various specialties\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-robots\" target=\"_blank\">robots\u003C\u002Fa> surpassing surgeons’ skills\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to taking jobs \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fbernardmarr\u002F2016\u002F04\u002F25\u002Fsurprisingly-these-10-professional-jobs-are-under-threat-from-big-data\u002F#322bade7426b\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in pharma\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to a quote that has now become a classic, “\u003Cem>AI will be bigger than all other tech revolutions, and robots are likely to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next decade,\u003C\u002Fem>” as venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F27\u002Fkai-fu-lee-robots-will-replace-half-of-all-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\">told CNBC\u003C\u002Fa> a while ago. Although we still have 3 years from the predicted decade, it is unlikely that a change of such magnitude is going to happen in this timeframe. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.co.uk\u002Farticle\u002Fdoctors-replaced-with-machines\" target=\"_blank\">said\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Cem>“machines will substitute 80 percent of doctors in the future in a healthcare scene driven by entrepreneurs, not medical professionals\u003C\u002Fem>.” Prof Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of neural networks, once \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftowardsdatascience.com\u002Fwhy-ai-will-not-replace-radiologists-c7736f2c7d80\" target=\"_blank\">said that\u003C\u002Fa> it’s \u003Cem>“quite obvious that we should stop training radiologists”\u003C\u002Fem> as image perception algorithms are very soon going to be demonstrably better than humans. Radiologists are, he said, “\u003Cem>the coyote already over the edge of the cliff which hasn’t yet looked down.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I don’t think so.\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence-based solutions will eliminate the need for human labour and will replace human resources in medical jobs that people didn’t like anyway. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-clinical-documentation-from-paper-to-ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Administration\u003C\u002Fa>. Or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-is-medical-coding-automation-and-its-potentials-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">medical coding\u003C\u002Fa>. And \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Femag.medicalexpo.com\u002Fdisinfection-robots-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">disinfecting\u003C\u002Fa> hospital spaces. Offering \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F11\u002Ftech\u002Frobots-india-covid-spc-intl\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">telehealth solutions\u003C\u002Fa>. And smart algorithms are also there to supplement professionals’ tasks in many fields, like diagnostics, image analysis and decision support, hospital resource or clinical workflow optimisation, forecasting, drug discovery and precision medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare will need humans in the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Don’t get me wrong, AI will be visibly present in healthcare in the next 10-15 years. We already see good examples, like the sepsis watch algorithm that cut sepsis mortality rates \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-hospitals-are-using-ai-to-save-lives-11649610000\" target=\"_blank\">by nearly 30%\u003C\u002Fa>, or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurekalert.org\u002Fnews-releases\u002F1003963\" target=\"_blank\">skin cancer detection with near-perfect accuracy\u003C\u002Fa> lending a hand to dermatologists, or the algorithm that predicts \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uni.lu\u002Flcsb-en\u002Fnews\u002Fpredicting-arrhythmia-30-minutes-before-it-happens\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">atrial fibrillation 30 minutes before onset\u003C\u002Fa> allowing time for preemptive intervention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI will transform what it means to be a doctor; some tasks will disappear, while others will be added to the work routine. However, there will never be a situation where the embodiment of automation, either a robot or an algorithm, will take the place of a doctor. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let me tell you five reasons why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1)\u003C\u002Fstrong> Empathy cannot be replaced\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even if the array of technologies offered brilliant solutions, it would be difficult for them to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Falgorithms-robots-mimic-empathy\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mimic empathy\u003C\u002Fa>. Why? Because at the core of compassion, there is the process of building trust: listening to the other person, paying attention to their needs, expressing the feeling of understanding and responding in a manner that the other person knows they were understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-768x432.png\" alt=\"robots in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-25028\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robots mimicking empathy\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At present, you would not trust a robot or a smart algorithm with a life-altering decision; maybe not even with a decision of taking a painkiller or not, for that matter. We don’t trust machines in tasks where they are better than humans – like taking \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwould-you-let-a-robot-take-your-blood-sample\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">blood samples\u003C\u002Fa>.  We need doctors holding our hands while telling us about a life-changing diagnosis, their guidance through therapy, and their overall support. An algorithm cannot replace that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Physicians have a non-linear working method\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There was \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.housemd-guide.com\u002Fseason1\u002F108poison.php\" target=\"_blank\">an episode\u003C\u002Fa> in House M.D. where the team couldn’t figure out how a young boy could have been poisoned. They considered many options: drugs, food poisoning, pesticide poisoning. For every possible diagnosis, they suggested a different treatment option. Each made the patient worse – until they figured out, by accident, that the boy picked up a phosmet, a type of insecticide from the jeans he bought from a street vendor who kept the trousers in a truck. The boy didn’t wash the pants before wearing them, that’s how his skin could absorb the poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No algorithm could have made such a diagnosis. Data, measurements, and quantitative analytics are crucial parts of a doctor’s work. It will be even more critical in the future. Setting up a diagnosis and treating a patient are not linear processes. It requires creativity and problem-solving skills that algorithms and robots will never have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large size-full wp-image-17902\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-768x432.png\" alt=\"A.I. in medicine\" class=\"wp-image-24014\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients and their lifestyles vary to the degree that people differ. Diseases have the same features. Thus, no case is the same; every one of them requires the attention of human physicians. Until the emergence of complex, digital solutions, doctors translated data from simple medical devices into medical decisions. In the future, the task will be the same – they will only use more complicated technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Complex digital technologies require competent professionals\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>More and more sophisticated digital health solutions will require qualified medical professionals’ competence, no matter whether it’s about robotics or AI. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cmark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The human brain is so complex and able to oversee such a vast scale of knowledge and data that it is merely not worth developing an AI that takes over this job – the human brain does it so well. It is more worthwhile to program those repetitive, data-based tasks, and leave the complex analysis\u002Fdecision to the person. So we’re not saying it’s not possible; we’re saying it’s far-fetched and not worth it.\u003C\u002Fmark>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"artificial intelligence and COVID\" class=\"wp-image-27609\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>No robot or algorithm could interpret complex, multi-layered challenges – involving the psyche. While they will provide the data, interpretation will always remain a human territory.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) There will always be tasks algorithms and robots can never complete\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Physicians, nurses, and other medical staff members have plenty of cumbersome, monotonous, and repetitive tasks to complete every day. A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F25626223\" target=\"_blank\">study says\u003C\u002Fa> that in the United States, the average doctor spends 8.7 hours per week on administration. Psychiatrists spent the highest proportion of their working hours on paperwork (20.3%), followed by internists (17.3%) and family\u002Fgeneral practitioners (17.3%). These types of tasks and procedures can be automated – and they should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there are responsibilities and duties which technologies cannot perform. While AI can sift through millions of pages of documents in seconds, it will never be able to do the Heimlich maneuver. There will always be tasks where humans will be faster, more reliable – or cheaper than technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) It has never been tech vs human\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The consistent and constant enemy image building should stop once and for all. It has never been technology versus humans since technological innovations always serve the purpose of helping people. Collaboration between humans and technology is the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fknowledge.wharton.upenn.edu\u002Farticle\u002Freimagining-work-age-ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ultimate response\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farxiv.org\u002Fabs\u002F1606.05718\" target=\"_blank\">A study\u003C\u002Fa> for identifying metastatic breast cancer through deep learning shows something similar. When the deep learning system’s predictions were combined with the human pathologist’s diagnoses, the image classification and the tumor localization score increased significantly. Moreover, the human error rate decreased by 85 percent. The findings show that artificial intelligence and humans are the most potent when they cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Chess is a great example. It was believed to meet its demise following Garry Kasparov’s defeat by a supercomputer. However, the opposite has happened. Today, over 600 million people engage in daily chess, and AI has become an indispensable tool for players, enthusiasts, and coaches alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI has demonstrably enhanced chess by creating a more competitive, popular, and ultimately, more effective environment. AI has transformative potential in healthcare as well, where its adoption promises similar advancements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imagine what healthcare could be capable of if the creativity and problem-solving skills of humans were combined with the infinite computing power and cognitive resources of technology. This option is already here. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":195,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>We think that despite the hype around the technology, AI will never replace medical professionals – and listed five fundamental reasons why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",55953,{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,199,200,201,202,203],491,521,499,800,516,[205,34,206,207,36,35,208,209,210,38,211,212,213,44,214,215,216,46,217,218,219,220],731,372,828,839,137,905,161,204,214,6749,637,1385,6755,728,313,6753,[222,223,224,225],949,950,951,952,[],[228,53,54,229,230,55,231,232,233],1715,1789,1833,2391,3347,1683,[235,14,61,62,63,64,65,66,236,237,238,239,240,241,68,242,243,70,69,244,245,246,72,247,248,249,78,250,251,252,80,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260],"post-17898","category-empowered-patients","category-future-medicine","category-healthcare-design","category-healthcare-policy","category-medical-education","tag-job-market","tag-radiology","tag-digital-health-insurance","tag-robots","tag-algorithm","tag-job","tag-brain","tag-diagnosis","tag-doctor","tag-kai-fu-lee","tag-telehealth","tag-patients","tag-vinod-khosla","tag-empathy","tag-medicine","tag-geoffrey-hinton","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients","project_category-policy-makers",{"id":196,"alt_text":262,"caption":27,"description":262,"media_type":85,"media_details":263,"post":123,"source_url":301},"AI, radiology, doctor, X-ray",{"width":264,"height":265,"file":266,"filesize":267,"sizes":268,"image_meta":299},6667,3750,"2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413.png",570989,{"medium":269,"large":275,"thumbnail":281,"medium_large":286,"1536x1536":287,"2048x2048":293},{"file":270,"width":271,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"filesize":273,"source_url":274},"tmf_article_413-370x208.png",370,208,27111,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413-370x208.png",{"file":276,"width":277,"height":278,"mime-type":95,"filesize":279,"source_url":280},"tmf_article_413-768x432.png",768,432,65695,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413-768x432.png",{"file":282,"width":283,"height":283,"mime-type":95,"filesize":284,"source_url":285},"tmf_article_413-150x150.png",150,16352,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413-150x150.png",{"file":276,"width":277,"height":278,"mime-type":95,"filesize":279,"source_url":280},{"file":288,"width":289,"height":290,"mime-type":95,"filesize":291,"source_url":292},"tmf_article_413-1536x864.png",1536,864,148847,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413-1536x864.png",{"file":294,"width":295,"height":296,"mime-type":95,"filesize":297,"source_url":298},"tmf_article_413-2048x1152.png",2048,1152,207612,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":113,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":113,"copyright":27,"focal_length":113,"iso":113,"shutter_speed":113,"title":27,"orientation":113,"keywords":300},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_413.png",{"related_posts":20,"related_posts_footer":303,"cta_type":307,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":308,"key_takeaways":312},[304,305,306],55791,55683,55303,"subscribe",[309,310,311],24762,52203,24761,[313,315,317],{"title":314},"\u003Cp>The doctor-patient relationship is built on empathy and trust, qualities that cannot be fully replicated by artificial intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":316},"\u003Cp>Care will be transformed, the roles of healthcare professionals will change and the available tools will become significantly more advanced due to artificial intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":318},"\u003Cp>Some (many) tasks will be automated, but humans will be required due to the complex, non-linear problem-solving necessities of medical care\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":320,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":321,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":189},"5 Reasons Why AI Won’t Replace Doctors & Physicians","Despite the hype and fears around the technology, AI will never replace doctors or nurses. 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