This is a strong argument for universal healthcare. If we had universal healthcare in the USA, we'd have to have a common charting protocol and a medical chart exchange.
One thing that AI/ML is really good at is taking very large datasets and finding correlations that you wouldn't otherwise. If everyone's medical chart were in one place, you could find things like "four years before presenting symptoms of pancreatic cancer, patients complain of increased nosebleeds", or things like that.
Of course we don't need universal healthcare to have a chart exchange, and the privacy issues are certainly something that needs consideration.
But the point is, I suspect we could find cures and leading indicators for a lot of diseases if everyone's medical records were available for analysis.
One thing that AI/ML is really good at is taking very large datasets and finding correlations that you wouldn't otherwise. If everyone's medical chart were in one place, you could find things like "four years before presenting symptoms of pancreatic cancer, patients complain of increased nosebleeds", or things like that.
Of course we don't need universal healthcare to have a chart exchange, and the privacy issues are certainly something that needs consideration.
But the point is, I suspect we could find cures and leading indicators for a lot of diseases if everyone's medical records were available for analysis.