Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Primary Care

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eGPLearning Podblast: Artificial Intelligence - Shownotes

This is a themed episode where we talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in primary care - the applications, risks and benefits to patients and clinicians.

eGPlearning Podblast is a health tech talk by two Nottingham based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, and interviews with primary care health tech innovators.

Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@drGandalf52) and Dr Andrew Foster (@drawfoster).

 Disclaimer  - We are not experts, but we are interested GPs, we are merely discussing our impressions, ideas and concerns and optimism in the hope that you may find this interesting.

Thank you:

@SonaliKinra @NottsLMC @NCGPANottm @jacey_melody @kalindikrishna @rcgpfaculties @2GPs_in_a_pod @mededbot @dme_health @karthikrishna86 @dr_zo

Update:

Andy: (1.15) - @ANorrisMP attended the practice

Gandhi: (1.38)

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What is AI? (5.12)

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare: is the use of algorithms and software to approximate human cognition in the analysis of complex medical data. Specifically, AI is the ability for computer algorithms to approximate conclusions without direct human input.

When thinking about A lot of people think of Artificial General Intelligence, an artificial agent that thinks like a human, but this is thought to be a long way off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDrDUmuUBTo

HAL 9000 from 2001 A Space Odysey is a (rather sinister) example of Artificial General Intelligence.

AI is a combination of key technologies…

Key terms, definitions and technologies:

The 4th industrial revolution

Deep learning, algorithms, fast processing, storage capacity and ability to collect large amounts of data are the foundations of the 4th industrial revolution - AI.

Logic and rules based AI…

• “Top down approach”- system designers provide the rules for computer to follow
• Simpler than more modern approaches, but this can be very powerful
• Examples include: Automatic tax return software, Qrisk, FeverPain, FRAX (7.16)
• Already used for prescription safety like OptimizeRX (7.30) and advice, flagging investigation results
• Could be useful for automating simple tasks like processing some blood results

Pattern based AI...

Machine Learning (7.53) - see our episode with Jon Brassey