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Radiologists aren’t going anywhere
Nine years ago, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton sent shockwaves through medicine by declaring it "just completely obvious" that AI would make radiologists
(According to projections from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. faces a staggering shortage of up to 42,000 radiologists and other physician specialists by 2033.) Rather than stealing jobs, notes the piece, AI has become radiologists’ secret weapon, allowing them to instantly measure organs, automatically flag abnormalities, and even detect diseases years before conventional methods. “Five years from now, it will be malpractice not to use AI,” says John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, who oversees the health system’s digital initiatives, in the article.
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