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GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload

Should more AI be used to help GPs with consultations and administrative work?

One company working on that is Denmark's Corti, which has developed AI that can listen to healthcare consultations, either over the phone or in person, and suggest follow-up questions, prompts, treatment options, as well as automating note taking. “It can capture symptoms, such as cough, cold, bloating, and essentially in a minute it can see if there’s any relevant information from their medical history,” says C the Signs chief executive and co-founder Dr Bea Bakshi, who is also a GP. In a statement, Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of General Practice Committee UK at the BMA, said: "We recognise that AI has the potential to transform NHS care completely - but if not enacted safely, it could also cause considerable harm.

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