Radiologists are in short supply. Backlogs are only continuing to build. With an aging population and burnout from COVID only making things worse, something needs to change or outcomes for patients will only get worse.
In today’s episode, we discuss how Artificial Intelligence is assisting Radiologists and their midlevels in workflow, and soon with diagnostics as well.
With hundreds of startups around the world using synthetic data generation to train AI models with a level of precision never before seen, the natural question to ask is, how will this impact radiologists within the next decade?
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:30 The Problems Facing Radiologists
14:37 The Hurdle of the FDA
18:05 Improving Radiology Workflow
21:15 The Data Availability Struggle
22:44 De-identifying Data
23:26 Synthetic Data
29:48 MONAI
30:37 The Beginning of the Future
38:24 Opthamology, Cardiology, Neurology
41:45 Last Thoughts
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References
World Population
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/
Healthcare 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
https://www.statista.com/statistics/209424/us-number-of-active-physicians-by-specialty-area/
https://www.zippia.com/radiology-assistant-jobs/demographics/
https://www.google.com/search?q=can+an+rpa+interpret+radiology+exams&oq=can+an+rpa+interpret+radiology+exams&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCDk0NzVqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://radiologybusiness.com/sponsored/1073/mmp/topics/healthcare-management/business-intelligence/radiology-assistants-users
Radiology Backlog
https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/large-volume-radiologist-reporting-backlogs-urgent-global-issue#:~:text=The%20problem%20persisted%20at%20the,99%25)%20for%20chest%20radiographs.
https://www.rsna.org/news/2022/may/global-radiologist-shortage
https://www.aidence.com/articles/workload-in-radiology/
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