Nearly one-third (32%) of people already say they would be comfortable with artificial intelligence leading a primary care appointment, according to a new survey from Outbreaks Near Me – although fewer (25%) would be comfortable with AI-led therapy
Twelve percent of adults in the U.S. say their healthcare providers currently use AI to help diagnose, treat or communicate with patients, but 66% expect AI to play a bigger role in healthcare in the next five years, the survey found.
Are these results surprising or expected? What do people expect from AI in healthcare? Healthcare IT News spoke with Autumn Gertz, project manager at the computational epidemiology lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and project manager of the Outbreaks Near Me team, to get answers and a deep dive into the survey results. Read more.
