Algorithms may outperform doctors, but they’re no healthcare panacea
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Algorithms may outperform doctors, but they’re no healthcare panacea

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/26/tech-healthcare-ethics-artifical-intelligence-doctors-patients By Ivana Bartoletti The potential for AI and other developments in health is huge, but the voices of doctors and patients must first be heard It perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise that Matt Hancock, the new health and social care secretary, made technology the theme of his first big speech in the…

Don’t dismiss tech solutions to mental health problems
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Don’t dismiss tech solutions to mental health problems

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/11/dont-dismiss-tech-solutions-to-mental-health-problems By Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman There is a desperate shortage of skilled clinicians to treat mental health disorders. Our study shows how virtual reality could fill the gap The words “mental health” and “crisis” now appear to be yoked together. About a quarter of us will suffer from a clinical psychological disorder over…