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Artificial intelligence could change a visit to the doctor’s office.  

Imagine walking into an exam room. A nurse takes your weight, blood pressure and the rest of your vital signs and feeds them into an artificial intelligence system that already has your blood test results, scans and your entire health history along with the health records of tens of thousands of other patients.  

Your doctor comes in and sits at the computer. The screen displays a diagnosis along with a treatment plan, all delivered by an AI algorithm in the time it took you to roll down your sleeve.  

If that sounds farfetched, keep in mind that AI is already being used to help clinicians 

detect which patients are most likely to develop diabetes.

But along with the excitement around the potential of AI to dramatically improve health care come concerns. Will AI 

 baked into medical decisions? Could AI algorithms be used to 

MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with two physicians who develop AI models about the promise of the powerful tool and ways to address concerns around its use.  

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Artificial intelligence could change our experience at the doctor’s office. MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with two physicians who develop AI models about the promise and pitfalls of using AI in medicine.  

Artificial intelligence could change our experience at the doctor's office. MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with two physicians about the promise and pitfalls of using AI in medicine.  

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