AI and Medicine: The Slippery Slope to an Uncertain Future

<p>Thanks to my guests: </p> <ul><li>Michael Matheny, MD, MS, MPH, co-author of a recent <a href='https://nam.edu/artificial-intelligence-special-publication/'>report on AI</a> from the National Academy of Medicine; </li> <li>Tom Lasko, MD, PhD, specialist in deep learning in medicine,</li> <li>Freneka Minter, PhD, Ms, MCHES, PMP, Senior Research Specialist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center</li> <li>Elyse Adler, Assistant Director for Education and Literacy, Nashville Public Library</li> </ul> <p>In this episode of IIR, we covered the field of AI and some of the ways it impacts life today that we hope will translate into impact on the field of health care with the involvement of experts like Michael and Tom from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.  </p> <p>For those interested in some of the details from this podcast episode, check out <a href='https://www.google.org/flutrends/about/'>Google Flu Trends</a>,  <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos'>Theranos</a>,  and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Medicine-Artificial-Intelligence-Healthcare/dp/1541644638'>Deep Medicine</a> by Eric Topol, which informed our discussion and gave us more than a little bit to think about!</p> <p> </p> <p>Also, check out the other excellent podcast on Informatics, the <a href='http://bmipodcast.org/'>Biomedical Informatics Roundtable Podcast</a>. Jason and Marylyn are doing fantastic work!</p>