While generative artificial intelligence will “completely” reshape primary care, there’s still a “huge gap between hype and reality” for healthcare AI, a Mount Sinai Health System leader told Becker’s.
For instance, most primary care visits will one day be transcribed by AI, which will know who’s talking and put it into context via the patient’s EHR before automatically creating a summary, said Thomas Fuchs, chair of AI and human health at the New York City-based health system.
“All conversations will be AI-supported in the future. Primary care will change completely,” he said. “But I think that’s clear to see for everyone already.”
But while healthcare AI has “enormous potential,” there is also a significant amount of noise to sort through, Dr. Fuchs said. Read more.
