Conclusion

The potential for artificial intelligence’s integration in the medical field has been met with rising success, but also rising concerns. Clearly, there is a bit of mistrust between the public and the integration of artificial intelligence, especially when robots begin to possess human qualities, such as compassion. There is certainly a contradiction emerging between the use of technology and modern medicine. The obstacles to advancement really narrow down to the logistics of serving patients with the best type of affordable care money can buy, without compromising their comfort. What really is “best” for patients and physicians is still up for debate. From a hospital’s standpoint, the integration of machines would make things more accessible and also cost efficient. Additionally, if robots were, one day, able to replace doctors or nurses, a significant reduction in costs would be beneficial to both the hospital and its patients. This would usher in a new realm of healthcare, one in which the job market for doctors and nurses would be reduced, but also become more selective. With rapid innovations in development, the role of doctors and nurses are gradually being reduced to facilitators since the laborious features of their respective jobs are being fulfilled. However, this would also mean that despite the modern medicine innovations, the current technological advances would be deemed useless without a professionally trained individual running them. This implies that the crème of the crop top surgeons and nurses would be optimal for an effective transition to the new normal. A solution would be to emphasize that future physicians, and even nurses, need to be skilled at both: patient interaction as well as technical skills in running the new integrations of technology, whether it be microchips, organ printers, or surgical robots.