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The goal is to expedite care for those with more worrisome symptoms

Dr Pandolfino has developed Eso-Instein algorithm

A small minority feel that they are being shunted to second-rate care

GERDBot triages patients steering those who don’t really need to see him to other providers

A.I. may let specialists hand over patients to generalists

The old way with as much as a six-month wait for an appointment was so much worse for people who wanted help and reassurance

A.I. can outperform doctors in some situations like reading an electrocardiogram

Chatbots are just really good at matching patterns and making predictions

Patients with serious diseases need a human connection

Most patients who were worried about GERD symptoms had to wait weeks to get an appointment with Dr Pandolfino

A patient might feel a pin if Dr Schwamm pricks their arm

Detecting patterns cardiologists can’t see would ordinarily require an expensive echocardiogram

A.I. programs are becoming existentially threatening for doctors

A.I. is taking over some of the scutwork that doctors have to do now like making notes about patient visits

Dr Jonathan Chen practices with a chatbot when it is time to have a difficult conversation with a dying patient about inserting a feeding tube

Chatbots are good at answering patient questions in portals writing appeals to insurance companies when a medication or procedure is denied

A dead arm might be numb rather than weak

Patient says yesterday I woke up dizzy my arm was dead and I had trouble speaking

If inflammation goes on too long damaged cells start to turn into scar tissue called fibrosis which can result in liver cirrhosis and potentially liver failure

Other organs turn acetate into water and carbon dioxide to be expelled from the body