AI in the ER: The potential role of chatbots in Vt. hospitals
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Industries are figuring out what to do with artificial intelligence and now that includes the medical field.
We spoke with officials at the UVM Medical Center and the Rutland Regional Medical Center about the role artificial intelligence plays in health care, the pros and cons, and where they see the future headed.
Artificial intelligence isn’t a huge player in health care operations right now, but it’s in the forecast. At UVMMC, infectious disease specialist and medical ethicist Dr. Tim Lahey said the use of AI is in the exploratory phases, but he doesn’t know of an established AI routine currently in use at the hospital.
“But I can think of just a myriad of different examples of new ways people are exploring right now. So I suspect the years ahead are going to take a lot of change,” he said.