What’s up, Watson?

Jack Kues, PhDUniversity of Cincinnati

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare:Watson goes to medical school

Clinical Reasoning• Diagnostic Reasoning• Therapeutic Reasoning

Medical Knowledge

Patient Informnati

on

Diagnosis and Treatment

Dr. Watson: Concierge medicine

Where to put AI in the healthcare system

Patients

Mid-level providers

Payers

Case managers

Physicians

Is this a John Henry story?

Is this a John Henry story?

The Role of the Physician in an AI healthcare environment

Less pressure on “knowing it all” and “keeping up”

More time to develop a relationship with patients

Coordination of care

Chronic care issues Adherence Motivation Patient-centeredness

The physician’s role in a FUTURE with AI

AI assisted diagnosis and treatment Automated patient histories Provider facilitated physical examination

Personalized medicine Genetic-based risk Lifestyle risk Genetic-based therapy

Health management

Behavioral health

Pre-condition medicine