Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and medicine is rapidly evolving. In this TEDMED Conversation, Bapu Jena, MD, PhD, Physician, Economist & Author of Random Acts of Medicine, explores the dual role of AI--as a surveillance system that may aid in accurate medical diagnosis and as a predictive tool that may provide insights to improve medical diagnosis. He also shares why he has hope that natural experiments will continue to improve the future of medicine with host, Kelly Thomas, PhD.

Related resources:
-Book: Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients and Shape Our Health. amazon.com/Random-Acts-Medicine-Doctors-Patients/dp/0385548818
-Podcast: Freakonomics, M.D. freakonomics.com/series/bapu

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