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Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-02T19:06:19.344Z
leftstreet
(39,491 posts)Faux pas
(16,228 posts)dr phil too. I'm sure there are more, can't think of any now.
yardwork
(69,087 posts)More than once.
Faux pas
(16,228 posts)and epstein...Seems about right.
RockRaven
(18,924 posts)Klarkashton
(5,024 posts)Blame the wrong people for their suffering.
Initech
(107,948 posts)And no, we don't want AI based health care. Get out of here with that shit.
WestMichRad
(3,059 posts)
that were willing to provide
FIFY, you willingly conspiratorial arsehole.
highplainsdem
(60,775 posts)Reporting in from rural America: This piece of shit can fuck right off, give us actual fucking doctors and nurses
— John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) 2026-02-02T19:20:26.344Z
Diamond_Dog
(40,064 posts)Driving the news: Oz said AI and robotics can be part of the solution for parts of America that don't have access to critical medical care, like obstetricians and mental health services.
"Within the next three years, before our administration is done, we will be using agentic AI to accelerate our ability to take care of people, especially when they're in places where we don't have access to care," Oz said at the Axios House event.
More than one-third of U.S. counties don't have any obstetricians, midwives or birthing centers. More than 500 hospitals have closed OB units since 2010.
How it works: One idea that has been proposed is to "use robots to do ultrasounds on pregnant women," Oz said. "Robots can do it. We already have simple systems that are effective."
There are also technologies under development "where you can take a wand, you don't even see the image, you get digitized insights back that tell you whether the child's OK or not."
"And frankly, I don't have to see the image. I just have to know if the image is good enough to tell me the child doesn't have a problem," Oz said.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/22/dr-oz-davos-ai-medical-health
***** Robots doing an ultrasound on a pregnant woman and Oz says the doctor doesnt even need to see the results?!?! I suppose they will create a robot to deliver the baby, too?!?! And they wonder why women are saying NO to birthing babies in this country?!?!
area51
(12,588 posts)Lovie777
(22,247 posts)spanone
(141,208 posts)
hunter
(40,464 posts)Tanuki
(16,350 posts)SheltieLover
(78,157 posts)eShirl
(20,133 posts)RussBLib
(10,464 posts).while the poor get the robots and avatars. Not really sure which would be better.
wishstar
(5,810 posts)Many of us were able have Medicare reimbursements for talking to our doctors and health care professionals remotely during pandemic such as to get prescriptions approved for Paxlovid. But my understanding is that this Medicare benefit was not extended beyond Jan 2026.
Prairie Gates
(7,539 posts)
Fucking clowns.