The third installment of the Medscape Masters series tackled the question: Is your practice ready for the future of artificial intelligence? To discuss the issue, Eric Topol, MD, Medscape's editor-in-chief, was joined by Raj Manrai, PhD, a deputy editor atand assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School; and Ted James, MD, medical director and chief of breast surgical oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
The conversation was moderated by WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte, MD.What is AI's current role in physicians' practices? AI programs have been assisting with everyday administrative tasks like billing, scheduling, and data entry."We've already seen it taking away hours of work from many physicians' practices," says Topol. Digital scribes have even been shown to be acceptable, accurate, and relatively easy to us