Hospitals would love to fire all radiologists and replace them with software.
They've already done it with outsourcing; a large chunk of what used to be done entirely in-house has been contracted out to remote overseas doctors.
They've already done it with outsourcing; a large chunk of what used to be done entirely in-house has been contracted out to remote overseas doctors.
From what I understand it isn't even possible generally to see a doctor remotely in a cheaper state, because medical licensing is per-state.
Medical billing has also been offshored to India+Pakistan btw
In general, a lot of back office Dental+Medical functions were outsourced in the 2000s+2010s.
Eg. Paper about this from 2006 - https://ipc.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2019-01/06-005.pdf