In an era governed by technology, it is common to see research that highlights the contributions of the artificial intelligence to the medicinea tool that, in the opinion of the doctor José Joaquín Puelloshould already be in the main health centers of the Dominican Republic at the service of the most vulnerable population.
“The country is still in diapers with respect to the artificial intelligence. Internationally, much progress has been made in that regard, but there is still a long way to go, “said the president of the Luis Eduardo Aybar health city.
For the doctor, in the medicine There are “two niches” in this technology: “the first is that the artificial intelligence You can quickly make diagnoses that we cannot, “he said.
Puello cited investigations that have highlighted the capacity of this technology to detect diseases Like breast cancerfor example, years before the first symptoms arise.
“The second topic has to do with the interpretation of the Laboratory exams. When doctors receive the Laboratory examsthe review is often fast, there is details in which we do not look. The artificial intelligenceon the other hand, see the smallest detail of what a laboratory analysis throws, “he explained.
Impact on neurosurgery
“In neurosurgery We have advanced greatly with the artificial intelligence“said the specialist by highlighting that this technology allows the operations They are carried out with less complications and less detention time.
Dr. Puello indicated that, in the case of the rate of Mortality in neurosurgeryhas decreased 40 % worldwide.
Consulted about the USo of this technology in the health cityits president said that for several years it has been used for brain navigation (neuronaver).
“Now there is a decision taken that we are going to have the complement of the artificial intelligence in it operating room. That will mean, in practical terms, a great advance For the medicine Dominican. The hospitals surgical ones change immediately when we have artificial intelligence In all aspects, and the first of them is that we save complications, “he explained.
As for investmentsThe doctor said that people have the perception that they are very large when “they really are not.” Cited the case of the neurosurgery: “The assembly of the artificial intelligence does not exceed 170 million pesos. “In the opinion of Dr. Puello, the figure is” insignificant “if compared to the benefits For the patient.
The intervention of the human being
Despite the contributions that the technological advancesthe doctor José Joaquín Puello emphasized the importance of interaction between the doctor and the artificial intelligence To avoid Errors.
In that sense, he said that during the realization of some procedures and when establishing diagnoses, the artificial intelligence He was wrong. “That is why the human being has to necessarily be there,” he said.
The doctor also highlighted the need to refine doctors training for the use of this technology. “If a doctor is not well trained and does not give all the information to the artificial intelligence On what he is observing in a patient, he obviously will not give us the correct diagnosis, “he warned.
“That is why schools of medicine The teaching level of young doctors have to tighten every day so they can really use this tool“He said.
He added that there are aspects that the artificial intelligence He cannot replace, related to the treatment of patients: “The doctor embraces, takes a mother who cries (…) there are things that are from the human being and that they will not disappear.”
