A first of its kind study shows typical interruptions experienced by on-call radiologists do not reduce diagnostic accuracy but do change what they look at and increase the amount of time spent on a case.
The implication of the finding is that as radiologists contend with an increasing number of workplace interruptions, they must either process fewer cases or work longer hours -- both of which have adverse effects in terms of patient outcomes, said Trafton Drew, the study's lead author. They also may spend more time looking at dictation screens than reviewing medical images.
"In radiology, there is a growing recognition that interruptions are bad and the number of interruptions faced by radiologists is increasing," said Drew, an assistant professor of cognitive and neural science in the University of Utah's Department of Psychology. "But there isn't much research at all on the consequences of this situation."
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday March 22 2018, @05:11PM (4 children)
Watson will not have that problem. Watson will see what can be seen, and diagnose better than humans diagnose.
As long as nobody programs Watson to discriminate or terminate, the future is bright. Who wants puny humans to have jobs, when you can rake in more cash by not having them ?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday March 22 2018, @05:32PM (1 child)
An AI also creates jobs.
For every 1000 jobs an AI eliminates, it will create 10 jobs for security people who protect the AI from those other 990 marching with torches and pitchforks.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Immerman on Thursday March 22 2018, @05:41PM
Only until the Terminator assembly lines are operational...
(Score: 5, Insightful) by krishnoid on Thursday March 22 2018, @07:45PM
Pfft, if Watson is so good at that, why don't they just set *it* up to be interrupted and let the radiologist keep working?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 23 2018, @12:05AM
Why would that happen? We already have multi-tiered economic systems. You're not out of a job just because someone has figured out how to thrash derivatives for a living nor are you paid in the same sort of funny money wealth that they play in.
I don't buy that we'll somehow have a world where humans can't be employed at any price - unless, of course, human labor is made illegal.