Is my doctor using artificial intelligence to diagnose me during our appointment? Is he recording our conversation to create an AI summary of our visit?

The use of AI health care is still new enough that many people may not know what to make of it. Most Americans expressed “significant discomfort” about the idea of their doctors using AI to help manage their care, according to a 2023 survey. But AI is not likely to go away. The use of AI applications in medical care is growing, and it is important for patients to understand the uses that could improve care — and the reasons for continued caution.

I wanted to know how AI is already aiding in diagnosis and helping direct treatment, and what clinicians think about the use of AI. And finally, what are areas of concern, and what is being done to address those?

To guide us with these questions, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician, adjunct associate professor at George Washington University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where her research includes the intersection of technology, medicine and public health. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner.  Read On: