AI – helping doctors heal

In this opinion piece, Britta Verhey (Stanford University; CA, USA), explores the importance of the physician-patient relationship, how governmental involvement and inadequate technology disrupted the physician-patient relationship, and how AI can reestablish this fundamental and invaluable interaction. “I want to help. I want to connect with people. A doctor interacts with people at their most vulnerable. He offers treatment, be he also offers counsel and hope. That’s why I love the idea of being a doctor.” —Patch Adams Every year thousands of medical students across the country stand to recite the Hippocratic Oath, signifying the beginning of their training to...