You Could Be Diagnosed by Artificial Intelligence

When you're sick and need to know what's wrong, an app on your phone may soon be all it takes to get an accurate diagnosis. That's what London-based Babylon Health, a private company working in artificial intelligence for the medical field, hopes will become a reality. The group is working with the accident and emergency (A&E) services system to test-market the app in parts of London. "Patients key in their symptoms, with artificial intelligence used to assess the urgency of each case, and determine whether users should be told to go to A&E, a pharmacy or tuck up at home," The Telegraph reported. The company's founder, Dr. Ali Parsa, said the point isn't to replace doctors. The idea instead is to work in tandem so that the organization can "focus on treating rather than diagnosing diseases."