Dr. Drone and RN Robot? Probably not, but less dramatic forms of artificial intelligence are evolving quickly. As the technology becomes more mainstream, experts say rural Canadians desperate for health care may have the most to gain.A robot featured during the All In conference on artificial intelligence in Montreal in September 2023.
Examining X-rays, MRI scans, CT scans and other digital images that doctors and specialists now study, and providing extremely accurate diagnoses. 'If AI in health care has to be described in one word, it's assistance. That's what it's there for,' says Dr. Stefan Harrer in Melbourne, Australia. "The degree of documentation and reporting that clinicians have to undergo everyday is overwhelming, right, so they spend way more than half their time on writing summaries, producing discharge reports… creating medical reports," he said in an interview from Melbourne.
"That's an application where an AI-driven, cloud-based — you could call it a tele-health solution — brings immediate value and impact to improving the health of rural communities and Indigenous communities."Privacy bill sets out rules on use of personal data, artificial intelligence Wong said the goal is to help clinicians literally see and do more, and have more data in their hands quickly.