Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract concept in medicine.
It is already changing the way doctors treat patients and diagnose disease. Meanwhile, drug companies are using it to develop new cures and mine huge stores of patient data to hone treatments and improve clinical trials.
A STAT webinar on the uptake of artificial intelligence in medicine on Thursday triggered a flood of questions about how this technology will affect doctors and patients in the years ahead (view the archived webinar here). We only had time to tackle a few inquiries during the event itself, but here are answers to seven more questions that will define the impact of artificial intelligence going forward.
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