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Re:CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace... by ricardobayes on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @09:45AM (#47600798)
To be frank I'm more concerned about non-litiguous countries here as the potential downsides are much lower to roll-out "AI radiologists". Some of those countries have multi-month or even year-long waitlists for specialist consultations so it might even be more tempting from a healthcare management level.
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Re:CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace... by _dark_matter_ on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @09:51AM (#47600875)
For folks with long wait times, maybe the advantage of "immediate access to AI radiologist" beats out "wait for human radiologist"? Would be interesting to weigh those harms against each other.
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Re:CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace... by palmotea on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @12:15PM (#47602855)
> For folks with long wait times, maybe the advantage of "immediate access to AI radiologist" beats out "wait for human radiologist"? Would be interesting to weigh those harms against each other.

The harm of getting surgery to get tissue removed due to a false positive seems a pretty big.

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Re:CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace... by Freedom2 on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @04:33PM (#47606188)
It's an interesting one. From some ex-colleagues, waits in the UK can be up to 5 years for a consultation, not to mention the actual procedure itself. When asked if they would rather use AI for a first initial screening, almost all of those colleagues immediately said yes.
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