Artificial intelligence in the service of medicine

How does artificial intelligence help doctors?

In recent years, advances in artificial intelligence have continued to grow. This technology, which fascinates as much as it frightens, could one day completely revolutionize the way we live. In fact, it is already playing a very important role in helping doctors to treat more patients and be more efficient in their work. Let's take a look at this innovative technology, which, among other things, is helping to make telemedicine more widespread.

What kind of revolution can we expect?

Contrary to popular belief, talking aboutartificial intelligence doesn't mean talking about robots that will take our place in society, but rather about advanced technologies that will enable us to perform certain tasks with greater precision. Indeed, although highly complex and gifted with great abilities, the human brain has its limits, particularly in terms of memory.

Likewise, our brains can be impaired by fatigue, old age or psychological conditions such as stress, all of which can impair the brain's ability to function as it should. Thanks to cutting-edge technological tools, it is now possible to ease the daily burden on carers by offering them automated assistance to perform certain tasks for them.

Nowadays, certain devices and software are capable of detecting illnesses such as pneumonia or melanoma as accurately and reliably as a doctor. For this, image analysis is used. After analyzing thousands of images relating to certain diseases, artificial intelligence can compare them with patients' X-rays or dermatological examinations to determine whether or not they have one of these pathologies.

In addition to providing assistance to doctors, we can also imagine the possibility of integrating these artificial intelligences into teleconsultation booths, for example, to obtain an initial diagnosis that can then be confirmed by a doctor.

Teleophthalmology: reducing delays

Thanks to teleophthalmologyTessan innovates and offers connected devices that greatly reduce the time it takes to receive glasses. This is a considerable advantage for professionals and individuals alike. Indeed, with remote consultations made possible by our booths and kiosks, the world of visual health can accelerate at every level.

Indeed, because of medical desertification, telemedicine has become the ultimate solution for solving various medical problems. By joining our network, professionals and patients alike can enjoy a host of benefits. A new medical model is possible in our country. In the following article, you will discover all the advantages of teleophthalmology for visual health professionals.

From dream to reality: artificial intelligence in action

Far from being a project or a dream, artificial intelligence is already part of our daily lives, including in the medical field.

Researchers at Boston University, for example, have created an algorithm capable of predicting flu peaks based on the Google searches of people living in a certain geographical area, as well as on the observations of doctors in that same area.

In some hospitals, the Molly program is currently being tested. This program offers the assistance of a virtual nurse, in contact with the patient via an application. This nurse will collect essential information to establish the patient's medical file, such as weight, blood pressure or moral health.

In addition to greatly lightening the nurses' workload and enabling them to concentrate on other tasks, this artificial intelligence would be perfectly suited to a teleconsultation terminal for example.

Even more impressive is the fact that robotic surgeons are now present in more and more operating theatres around the world. Both reliable and more precise than the human hand, they enable surgeons not only to train on virtual patients, but also to perform microsurgery remotely!

Technology in the fight against medical deserts

In France, the problem of the medical desert is becoming more and more prevalent, and many citizens have to wait several weeks before they can get an appointment with a general practitioner. When it comes to specialist consultations, the problem is even more acute. The result: increasing self-medication and overcrowded emergency departments.

Artificial intelligence may not yet be ubiquitous in the French medical field, but there's no doubt that it will eventually relieve overcrowding in doctors' surgeries and emergency departments, enabling patients to obtain rapid, reliable diagnoses for certain pathologies.

Nowadays, medical cabins take on this role, enabling patients to consult a general practitioner remotely, using a camera and a range of connected devices such as dermatoscopes, stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors.

Once installed in the cabin, the patient has just a few minutes to wait before the consultation begins. The doctor will then guide the patient through the use of the various utensils present in the cabin, in order to make an accurate and reliable diagnosis and, if necessary, issue the patient with a prescription.

Located in pharmacies or in public establishments such as town hallsthese teleconsultation booths or terminals represent a considerable advance in the field of medicine and access to care.

At the time of the first confinement, these medical cabins, and remote consultation in general, experienced a real boom, proving that the French are already in favor of the emergence of new methods for treating themselves in optimal conditions.

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