Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Primary Care: Exploratory Qualitative Study of UK General Practitioners' Views.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential for machine learning to disrupt the medical profession is the subject of ongoing debate within biomedical informatics and related fields.

Objective

This study aimed to explore general practitioners' (GPs') opinions about the potential impact of future technology on key tasks in primary care.

Methods

In June 2018, we conducted a Web-based survey of 720 UK GPs' opinions about the likelihood of future technology to fully replace GPs in performing 6 key primary care tasks, and, if respondents considered replacement for a particular task likely, to estimate how soon the technological capacity might emerge. This study involved qualitative descriptive analysis of written responses ("comments") to an open-ended question in the survey.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Blease C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446158 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature