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Re:IBM Watson correctly diagnoses a form of leukemia by codingdave on Saturday August 06, 2016 @07:52PM (#12240417)
I'd say that is exactly why this matters... more automation would let the doctors do more research into new treatments, and let computers run the day to day algorithms (Symptom A gets Test B, followed by results C, which is labelled as diagnosis D, and treatment E.)

Having had years of struggle to get a diagnosis on my own problems, the most frustrating part of it all is that exact process, where you are just plugged into the machinery of our health care system, and run through to get a canned answer that needed no human judgment at all, just canned knowledge and a prescribed treatment plan.

So just my own opinion, but yes, please let us automate that portion of medicine, so the doctors can do more research and improve things.

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