Will Robots replace GP's?

New Zealand health experts have been looking at the idea that artifical intelligence could be used in the place of expensive humans in the healthcare system. In a view point published today by New Zealand Medical journal two experts from Whangarei hospital have explored ways in which the role of a doctor will be challenged by technology.The authors have looked at how artificial intelligence may, in the future, be used for diagnostic and treatment decision making. One of those authors, William Diprose, explains why it could work and how it will impact patients.