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The problems AI must help doctors solve
Author(s)Todd Shryock
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The Annals of Family Medicine ran a workshop at the International Conference of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, asking what the biggest problems of medicine are and how AI could help.
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The promise of AI in medicine is great, but what would be the best areas of focus for this emerging technology? The workshop identified key problems and what the AI-powered
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