Artificial intelligence, chatbots, and the future of medicine

In 1996, the leaders of medicine gathered in Washington DC, USA, at the former Institute of Medicine headquarters, now the National Academy of Medicine, for their annual meeting to discuss something revolutionary and important: health information becoming available to the public on the web. Ikon Ima...

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Published in:The lancet oncology 2019-04, Vol.20 (4), p.481-482
Main Authors: Greene, Alan, Greene, Claire C, Greene, Cheryl
Format: Article
Language:English
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Artificial intelligence
Chatbots
Medicine
Oncology
Patients
Pharmaceuticals
Physicians
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Summary:In 1996, the leaders of medicine gathered in Washington DC, USA, at the former Institute of Medicine headquarters, now the National Academy of Medicine, for their annual meeting to discuss something revolutionary and important: health information becoming available to the public on the web. Ikon Images/Roy Scott /Science Photo Library As physicians, we try our best to mitigate these moments by soliciting questions, checking for understanding, and encouraging patients to have a support system to learn alongside them. [...]chatbots might be safer than Google if the bot is being trained by doctors. More on the annual meetings of the National Academy of Medicine available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/Meetings.aspx?activity=%7B4F83BBBB-12A8-4B9E-A5A5-017410D27BD2%7D For more on the first pharmaceutical chatbot see https://www.hcanews.com/news/how-the-1st-pharma-chat-bot-came-to-life For more on the retrospective review see J Geriatr Oncol 2014; 5: 307–14 For more on the online health guidelines see https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/192531 AG and CG are cofounders of DrGreene.com and doc.ai.
ISSN:1470-2045
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DOI:10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30142-1