Some fabulous insights from our CMO Dr Annabelle Painter. As ever, Annabelle raises many points and makes them well. We've come to expect no less.
Will AI replace clinicians? 🤖 👨⚕️ Whilst this is a nuanced question, it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to think through the ‘No’ side of this debate and contribute to Pulse Today Some key thoughts: 1️⃣ Technological advancements have always led workforce change: New specialities, roles and ways of working. From radiology to anaesthetics to genetics. We should expect the same from AI. 2️⃣ These advancements have also always resulted in redundancy- not of clinicians, but of tasks. We can expect administrative tasks to be the first domain of AI task redundancy opening up the potential of ‘keyboard liberation’ in the consulting room. 3️⃣ AI cannot replace a workforce that doesn’t exist. There will be an estimated deficit of 10 million health workers by 2030. AI could help to plug the workforce gap and help to blunt burnout, if implemented effectively. 4️⃣ A new breed of AI-literate clinicians will be essential to implement, critically appraise, govern, and create effective clinical AI. 5️⃣ The biggest threat to clinicians’ jobs is not AI, but clinicians who can use AI. I’d recommend becoming one of them. Full article: https://lnkd.in/ejXh9YA2
