The introduction of artificial intelligence into the medical world is triggering questions about the promise and pitfalls the revolutionary technology could hold.
In conversations with the Washington Examiner, several doctors recognized as sitting members of Congress discussed ways they say AI is transforming the administrative side of the medical system, including freeing up to 40% of the time doctors currently spend on non-clinical activities.
AI could be embedded in a sweeping, and possibly national, database of anonymized health records, a development that could have profound implications for diagnostic and prescriptive care, said Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), who is also a doctor. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), another doctor, mused that AI could be transformative for drug discovery, especially in oncology, and envisioned a genetic-level cancer registry where the technology can track how tumors evolve, allowing researchers both to forecast disease progression and reconstruct where it began.
Major medical professional organizations see promise, too.
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