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Artificial intelligence increasing in community oncology, but cannot replace physicians
The use of artificial intelligence in community oncology practices has the potential to grow rapidly and provide more assistance to oncologists and hematologists in the coming years, according to presenters at Community Oncology Alliance Annual Conference. But artificial intelligence (AI) will not take the place of oncologists, and presenters warned of relying too heavily on AI when caring for patients in the community practice setting. "We have to find a way to be very agile and adaptable," Aaron Lyss, MBA, director of strategy and business development at Tennessee Oncology, said during a presentation. "One of the things you will see in the community practice setting that's different than the academic setting, to use a baseball metaphor, is that we will not be swinging for the fences and missing. We are going to be [more careful] and hit doubles and singles."