Making a diagnosis

Automated programmes capable of diagnosis and suggesting further investigations or workup is just waiting in the wings. I suppose this is one of the initial events in that direction.

You want machines second-guessing you? by ZDNet‘s Dana Blankenhorn — But what if insurers start trusting the software over the physician, using it to question a doctor’s calls? What if doctors feel forced to follow Isabel’s recommendations, knowing this to be true? What if lawyers start using Isabel diagnoses to file malpractice claims?