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Sunday, April 05, 2026

Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays.

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New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan ...

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-- Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) Feb 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Good luck suing a computer program for Malpractice when it misdiagnoses somebody.

#1 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-05 04:41 PM | Reply

I can't help but think that Medicine would be better served by replacing the corporate paper pushers with AI rather than practitioners.

#2 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-05 04:43 PM | Reply

"Replace radiologists with AI and double the price!"
-Venture Capitalists

"Great idea!"
-MAGA

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-05 07:28 PM | Reply

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