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AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now

May 22, 2024

Join Natasha Loder, health editor at The Economist, Pranav Rajpurkar, assistant professor at Harvard, and Hugh Harvey, consultant at Hardian Health, as they dive into the transformative role of AI in healthcare. They discuss how AI tools are revolutionizing patient diagnostics and enhancing disease detection, with captivating case studies like breast cancer screening. The conversation also tackles the challenges of regulation and accuracy, while highlighting the need for responsible AI integration into medical practices for better patient outcomes.

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Episode notes

Intro

3min

Transforming Healthcare with AI

15min

AI Innovations in Medical Imaging

6min

Harnessing AI for Health Insights

2min

Navigating Medical AI in Healthcare

3min

Navigating AI in Healthcare

16min

Exploring the Future of AI in Healthcare

2min

Artificial intelligence is already making its mark in health care—but new, bigger, models promise to improve how patients access services, help doctors spot diseases faster and transform how medical research is done. In the first of two episodes on the potential of AI in health care, we ask: how will patients benefit from the technology behind ChatGPT?

Host: Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor. Contributors: Natasha Loder, The Economist's health editor; Gerald Lip of NHS Grampian; Peter Kecskemethy of Kheiron Medical; Pranav Rajpurkar of Harvard Medical School; Hugh Harvey of Hardian Health.

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