About 17.4 million - that's the number of healthcare workers who are missing from the healthcare system globally. The human resources crisis in the medical sector is a burning issue, but with the aging and burn-out of physicians on the one hand, and the continuous rise in chronic diseases, on the other hand, it will even get worse year by year. Could artificial intelligence give a helping hand to doctors and ease the burden on healthcare systems? The Medical Futurist Institute published a paper that says it's possible, but first, we need to tackle a range of ethical and legal questions. Experts are pessimistic when it comes to the human resources situation in healthcare. There are worrying tendencies about the off-balance of supply and demand of medical professionals.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to ease the human resources crisis in healthcare by facilitating diagnostics, decision-making, big data analytics and administration, among others. For this we must first tackle the technological, ethical and legal obstacles. The human resource crisis is widening worldwide, and it is obvious that it is not possible to provide care without workforce. How can disruptive technologies in healthcare help solve the variety of human resource problems? Will technology empower physicians or replace them?