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Diagnostics Experts Urge Balance as AI Expands Clinical Support

Diagnostics Experts Urge Balance as AI Expands Clinical Support
'Industry Must Strike A Balance Between Affordability, Accuracy, Speed And Sustainability': Diagnostics Experts · timesnownews.com

Doctors think artificial intelligence will become very useful in medical testing.

It may help find unusual results in scans and other tests.

AI could also compare new scans with older ones.

In laboratories, it may help recognise patterns and check quality.

It might make appointments, reports and patient communication faster.

This could help patients receive accurate results more quickly and possibly at lower cost.

However, AI cannot take full responsibility for diagnosing or caring for patients.

Qualified healthcare professionals must continue to make the important clinical decisions.

Key facts

AI's clinical role
AI should augment clinical judgement rather than replace it.
Medical imaging
AI may identify and prioritise abnormalities, assist with measurements and compare previous studies.
Pathology and laboratories
AI may support pattern recognition, quality control and workflow optimisation.
Operations
AI could assist with scheduling, call-centre queries, report workflows and quality checks.
Patient benefits
Potential benefits include better accuracy, faster turnaround, greater convenience and lower costs.
Clinical responsibility
Diagnosis and patient care must remain the responsibility of qualified healthcare professionals.

Quotes

Dr. S.S. Doda

Founder director and chief consultant radiologist at Dr. Doda's Diagnostics & Healthcare

“I believe AI will become one of the most important technologies in diagnostics, but I see it as an assistant to the us clinicians rather than a replacement.”
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“AI should augment clinical judgement, not replace it.”
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