Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry (IP2)
I created a survey for IP2 on artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry, below is the link to access the survey. I was surprised how easy it was to create the survey and the different options you had to format the questions. I tried to incorporate several types of questions such as multiple choice, select all that apply, short answer, etc. This was a fun experiment in which it was a lot easier to create than I had expected. I have never needed to conduct a survey (thus far in life, lol) but see how it can be very beneficial for a variety of people in different industries. I was not 100% sure if my questions were appropriate for the project or how to "graph" the results based on the questions. How do you graph a short answer? But would be able to analyze the results and either create a new survey with more precise questions related to the answers and so forth. I posted some questions on the class lounge and got some great feedback from Dr. Chung and Timothy James. Some improvements I would make for future reference is the title. I kind of went lightly on it. I have a couple classes in which I have to create blogs on a weekly basis and it was "easier" for me to title it IP2 to keep my blogs straight. Also, I would have to incorporate some type of background summary of the topic of the survey. How am I suppose to know how much the surveyor knows about artificial intelligence? If they don't know anything then their answers would skew the data I'm analyzing. I got some great feedback from Dr. Chung and Timothy James about how to go about resolving this issue with the "help text" feature. I used it once in my survey on question number 4 where I wrote "Select All that Apply". I did not realize that we could write an extended amount of info here. Also, I should put a question earlier in the survey asking about the surveyors knowledge of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry. Something like "How knowledgeable or familiar are you of the usage of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry?" I thought I kind f did this in question #4, but I should have made it more concise.
So how I performed this survey was by first creating it and copying and pasting the link on facebook asking people to take my survey so I can get data for my class assignment. Keep in mind, I have not posted ANYTHING on facebook for a number of years now and had to assure people that I was still alive and talk to them to show my appreciation for taking the survey. I don't do facebook because I think it is a waste of time. Sorry if I offended anyone in saying that, nothing against you, its a personal choice lol! Anyways, it was a good way to get many people to take the survey without have to email a bunch of people and in getting a wide array of people from different backgrounds to answer the survey. As stated above, to give better background on the survey's topic, I now know I could have used the "help text" feature but I could have also done a quick summary of it on here in a blog and attached the survey link here as I have done for the submission of this assignment. Then I could have just posted my blog address on facebook and asked people to go to it, read the background info, then select the survey link. So there were a couple different ways I now know I could have gone about to better write and create the survey AND get the needed info out to the surveyors. Also, I think my results can be somewhat skewed because majority of them were female in the healthcare industry. Future surveys will have to be more diverse and conducted with clearly more than 12 participants. But for the sake of the assignment and having fun :) here's what I got!
Results:
Out of the 12 (fully completed) responses, 10 of them were women in the healthcare industry between the ages of 26-35. The other 2 were males, one between the ages of 19-25 and the other 46-55. The younger male was in the sciences and older male in the another field not indicated. 8 of the 10 females thought AI systems had more benefits than faults in the healthcare industry, but could see its disadvantages, while all believing that everyone in the healthcare industry would be affected. The other 2 females thought it would be more detrimental than beneficial and also believed everyone would be affected. The younger of the two males had no idea how AI was affecting the healthcare industry and thought robots were taking over the world (I think this was my little brother, lol). The older of the two males thought AI systems had more benefits than faults, but could see its disadvantages. 2 participants were indifferent about a how comfortable they were with a AI system diagnosing them while the other 9 were not comfortable with it at all. Everyone's short answers varied on the benefits and disadvantages of AI systems in the healthcare industry. This area is more subjective and I would have to create another survey somewhat specified towards the general ideas of these results to get more accurate results.
Survey link:
http://goo.gl/forms/c7IlBH7S0T
Here's some graphs, like I said, it would have been difficult to graph the short answer responses without having more specific questions so thats why i summarized them in my blogs. I know you emailed me saying I did not have to do them if I didn't have the time, but for the sake of the assignment here's a couple. The other questions and results I would have had to take more time on excel but thought I'd still turn something in :) thanks!
So how I performed this survey was by first creating it and copying and pasting the link on facebook asking people to take my survey so I can get data for my class assignment. Keep in mind, I have not posted ANYTHING on facebook for a number of years now and had to assure people that I was still alive and talk to them to show my appreciation for taking the survey. I don't do facebook because I think it is a waste of time. Sorry if I offended anyone in saying that, nothing against you, its a personal choice lol! Anyways, it was a good way to get many people to take the survey without have to email a bunch of people and in getting a wide array of people from different backgrounds to answer the survey. As stated above, to give better background on the survey's topic, I now know I could have used the "help text" feature but I could have also done a quick summary of it on here in a blog and attached the survey link here as I have done for the submission of this assignment. Then I could have just posted my blog address on facebook and asked people to go to it, read the background info, then select the survey link. So there were a couple different ways I now know I could have gone about to better write and create the survey AND get the needed info out to the surveyors. Also, I think my results can be somewhat skewed because majority of them were female in the healthcare industry. Future surveys will have to be more diverse and conducted with clearly more than 12 participants. But for the sake of the assignment and having fun :) here's what I got!
Results:
Out of the 12 (fully completed) responses, 10 of them were women in the healthcare industry between the ages of 26-35. The other 2 were males, one between the ages of 19-25 and the other 46-55. The younger male was in the sciences and older male in the another field not indicated. 8 of the 10 females thought AI systems had more benefits than faults in the healthcare industry, but could see its disadvantages, while all believing that everyone in the healthcare industry would be affected. The other 2 females thought it would be more detrimental than beneficial and also believed everyone would be affected. The younger of the two males had no idea how AI was affecting the healthcare industry and thought robots were taking over the world (I think this was my little brother, lol). The older of the two males thought AI systems had more benefits than faults, but could see its disadvantages. 2 participants were indifferent about a how comfortable they were with a AI system diagnosing them while the other 9 were not comfortable with it at all. Everyone's short answers varied on the benefits and disadvantages of AI systems in the healthcare industry. This area is more subjective and I would have to create another survey somewhat specified towards the general ideas of these results to get more accurate results.
Survey link:
http://goo.gl/forms/c7IlBH7S0T
Here's some graphs, like I said, it would have been difficult to graph the short answer responses without having more specific questions so thats why i summarized them in my blogs. I know you emailed me saying I did not have to do them if I didn't have the time, but for the sake of the assignment here's a couple. The other questions and results I would have had to take more time on excel but thought I'd still turn something in :) thanks!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
IP1
I just watched the PBS news video "Why we're teaching computers to treat cancer". This was a fascinating video in how far artificial intelligence (AI) has come! In this video they talked about a AI system known as Watson. When given data in regards to a patient, in return, it can diagnose and provide possible treatments based on the given data. Granted, this is what doctors are suppose to do, but even the smallest detail can be the key to someone's illness that may be overlooked. I'd imagine pulling all the data together to confirm a diagnosis from the thousands that are out there, would be very time consuming and difficult for a doctor. Watson can pull this info in a matter of seconds! Watson can also validate why this info was selected with recent publications and studies that the doctor may not have heard of!
AI such as Watson is important to my field of study of health care by being a great resource. It appears to be a concise and fast-acting tool. It can pull up info a doctor may have overlooked or may not have even considered in just a matter of seconds. Sometimes in the medical field, a matter of seconds is all one's got! But for the patients who have longer than a few seconds, Watson provides information a doctor can mull over, consider, and weigh out the options. I feel like AI such as Watson makes a good contribution to the healthcare field by being a resource to turn to and that's that.
I feel as though if AI gets too incorporated into the healthcare field it will be detrimental to doctors by becoming a crutch. If that becomes the case, then why bother having doctors in the first place? We will no longer need human's to diagnose and treat us, we can just type our signs and symptoms into a computer and get the diagnosis and treatment ourselves. At that level, what's the point of having a doctor punch in my signs and symptoms into a computer? I can do that myself. It's just a program right? Why would anyone pay someone to punch a few keys for them? Then what would become of the medical profession? If doctors can rely on Watson to come up with the diagnoses, treatment, plan of care, what is THEIR job? We will still need nurses and other healthcare teammates to see through the plan of care and treatment, but if a computer system can do the doctors' job for them, why have doctors?
Finally, I feel if AI systems such as Watson were to become a norm in the healthcare field, it would take away from that doctor/patient relationship. I do not feel as though doctors would give much thought and consideration to a patient and their wellbeing. If I were a doctor, I would see it more fulfilling to be able to figure out what is wrong with someone, recommend treatment, and watch them get better. I would take great concern about the individual and their wellbeing. With AI like Watson, I feel like that "concern" and "feeling" would become diminished and the doctor wouldn't give much thought to the patient because "Watson say's it's this and treat it with this. Be on your merry way. Get better!". And as a patient I would feel neglected knowing a computer system is what is helping me get better and not the doctor. Not only would I feel neglected, I would feel pissed off! Why am I paying you to punch a few keys to have something else do YOUR job? I can do that myself. Why do you get paid more than I do when you have something else doing YOUR job?
As a resource, I feel as though AI systems such as Watson could be of great value. Watson has access to a wide array of knowledge that the human brain cannot possible concur. It can pull up info in a matter of seconds and provide info one may not have considered. But I feel as though Watson should be just a resource in the healthcare field. If it gets too incorporated, it will become a crutch that could possibly be detrimental to the field, to particular professions, and most importantly, the patient.
If anyone is interested in watching this news video, I have included the link to it which was originally provided by Dr. Chung and Timothy James on our course site.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teaching-computers-diagnose-cancer/
AI such as Watson is important to my field of study of health care by being a great resource. It appears to be a concise and fast-acting tool. It can pull up info a doctor may have overlooked or may not have even considered in just a matter of seconds. Sometimes in the medical field, a matter of seconds is all one's got! But for the patients who have longer than a few seconds, Watson provides information a doctor can mull over, consider, and weigh out the options. I feel like AI such as Watson makes a good contribution to the healthcare field by being a resource to turn to and that's that.
I feel as though if AI gets too incorporated into the healthcare field it will be detrimental to doctors by becoming a crutch. If that becomes the case, then why bother having doctors in the first place? We will no longer need human's to diagnose and treat us, we can just type our signs and symptoms into a computer and get the diagnosis and treatment ourselves. At that level, what's the point of having a doctor punch in my signs and symptoms into a computer? I can do that myself. It's just a program right? Why would anyone pay someone to punch a few keys for them? Then what would become of the medical profession? If doctors can rely on Watson to come up with the diagnoses, treatment, plan of care, what is THEIR job? We will still need nurses and other healthcare teammates to see through the plan of care and treatment, but if a computer system can do the doctors' job for them, why have doctors?
Finally, I feel if AI systems such as Watson were to become a norm in the healthcare field, it would take away from that doctor/patient relationship. I do not feel as though doctors would give much thought and consideration to a patient and their wellbeing. If I were a doctor, I would see it more fulfilling to be able to figure out what is wrong with someone, recommend treatment, and watch them get better. I would take great concern about the individual and their wellbeing. With AI like Watson, I feel like that "concern" and "feeling" would become diminished and the doctor wouldn't give much thought to the patient because "Watson say's it's this and treat it with this. Be on your merry way. Get better!". And as a patient I would feel neglected knowing a computer system is what is helping me get better and not the doctor. Not only would I feel neglected, I would feel pissed off! Why am I paying you to punch a few keys to have something else do YOUR job? I can do that myself. Why do you get paid more than I do when you have something else doing YOUR job?
As a resource, I feel as though AI systems such as Watson could be of great value. Watson has access to a wide array of knowledge that the human brain cannot possible concur. It can pull up info in a matter of seconds and provide info one may not have considered. But I feel as though Watson should be just a resource in the healthcare field. If it gets too incorporated, it will become a crutch that could possibly be detrimental to the field, to particular professions, and most importantly, the patient.
If anyone is interested in watching this news video, I have included the link to it which was originally provided by Dr. Chung and Timothy James on our course site.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teaching-computers-diagnose-cancer/
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