How Artificial Intelligence is Making Healthcare More Human

AI could be used to analyze specific words and phrases to evaluate if doctors and patients are communicating effectively, by checking whether doctors are using jargon-free language, taking appropriate patient histories and offering evidence-based treatments. The hope is that AI could eventually be used to help provide diagnoses and treatment options based on conversational analyses that doctors may not have considered. For a refresher course on lessons learned in kindergarten, AI could evaluate whether or not doctors give patients a turn to talk. AI could track the amount of time the doctor speaks compared to the patient and if the doctor gives the patient enough time to ask questions or voice concerns. This is especially important since a correlation has been shown between allowing patients sufficient time to speak and improved ability of patients to both recall information and adhere to the prescribed medicines.