The next 5 years are going to be incredible. Still, it’s important to stay grounded and not feed into the hype.
Chances are good that you’ve heard people question whether or not ChatGPT will replace doctors. The easy answer here is — no.
But other models from Google can and will.
In this episode, Justin discusses:
The shortage of Health Care Providers in the United States
Health Care Provider dependency on the medical version of Wikipedia — Up to Date
Google’s AI models: MedPaLM2, MedLM, and AMIE
The use of of AI as a collaborator
The most likely jobs within healthcare to be impacted negatively in the next 5 years
How patients will interact with AI models, leading to better healthcare outcomes
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Episode Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:14 The Topics Discussed Today
4:15 Use This Episode Timeline to Scan Ahead to What Applies to You
4:42 The Shortage of Doctors In the US
8:22 The Purpose of Physician Associates and Nurse Practitioners
12:39 The Stresses of Being a Healthcare Provider
14:04 Wikipedia for Doctors
18:17 Brief Intro to LLM's
22:29 Meet the Mind Blowing MedPaLM2
27:46 Meet the New UptoDate — MedLM
30:17 Meet Your New Doctor — AMIE
33:39 The Problem for PA's and NP's
39:47 The Future of Medicine In Your Pocket
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References
Provider Statistics
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-president-sounds-alarm-national-physician-shortage
https://www.statista.com/statistics/186269/total-active-physicians-in-the-us/
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291071.htm
https://www.aanp.org/about/all-about-nps/np-fact-sheet#:~:text=There%20are%20more%20than%20385%2C000,NPs)%20licensed%20in%20the%20U.S.&text=More%20than%2039%2C000%20new%20NPs,academic%20programs%20in%202021%2D2022.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291229.htm
World Population
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/
Schooling References
https://extension.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-become-a-physician-assistant/#:~:text=To%20become%20a%20PA%2C%20you,for%20two%20to%20three%20years.
https://uthscsa.edu/medicine/education/ume/outreach/become-doctor
https://www.usmle.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician_assistant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_practitioner
https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/explore-the-variety-of-career-paths-for-nurse-practitioners
https://www.usmle.org/scores-transcripts/examination-results-and-scoring#:~:text=*%20USMLE%20Step%201%20score%20reporting,of%20a%20three%2Ddigit%20score.
Artificial Intelligence Models
https://sites.research.google/med-palm/
https://blog.research.google/2024/01/amie-research-ai-system-for-diagnostic_12.html
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/medlm/overview#medlm-versus-palm
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06291-2
AI & Healthcare: The Landscape In 5 Years