Trailer: 'Smarter health,' an upcoming series from On Point
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
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🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. spends more on health care than any other country in the world.
But Americans are not as healthy as people living in other rich nations. Could artificial intelligence change all that?
Starting Friday, May 27th, On Point presents a four-part series: 'Smarter health: Artificial intelligence and the future of American health care.'
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| 0:00.0 | We don't have a healthcare system. |
| 0:04.6 | We have thousands of healthcare systems |
| 0:08.1 | and a lot of special interests. |
| 0:10.3 | That's where the promise of AI really comes in. |
| 0:14.8 | The United States spends more on healthcare |
| 0:17.5 | than any other country in the world. |
| 0:20.0 | But Americans are not as healthy |
| 0:22.0 | as people living in other rich nations. |
| 0:25.4 | Could artificial intelligence change all that? |
| 0:28.6 | Applying AI and machine learning? |
| 0:30.3 | All things are possible. |
| 0:31.5 | The AI is really helping guide both the app |
| 0:35.8 | and then all the way through the care delivery |
| 0:37.8 | is going to change today, tomorrow, and next week. |
| 0:41.6 | So we have a tool to decrease in the individual's chance |
| 0:45.2 | of going blind from their diabetes. |
| 0:47.6 | The algorithm is better than any individual ophthalmologist. |
| 0:52.0 | AI can actually pretty accurately predict |
| 0:55.5 | when people are actually going to die. |
| 0:58.0 | But what are the trade-offs? |
| 1:00.9 | How would you feel if you learned that your loved ones |
| 1:04.4 | death in the ER was the use of training algorithm |
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