Machines may soon replace healthcare workers in some aspects of their traditional roles

Caitlin Gillan | 8 Feb 2019

Machines may soon replace healthcare workers in some aspects of their traditional roles. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly mastering rule-based tasks, and acting as a powerful decision-making tool  and monitoring system to support clinicians. Providers in Radiation Medicine are becoming familiar with the ways in which AI could both augment care and necessitate a shift in professional roles While related innovations could create major efficiencies and improvements in care, it could lead to job loss and to ethical and legal risks for those working alongside AI.…