NYC Health and Hospitals CEO Signals Readiness to Replace Radiologists with AI Once Legally Permitted
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Joe Wilkins
Summary
Mitchell Katz, CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals (America's largest public hospital system), stated at a Crain's New York Business panel that he is eager to replace human radiologists with AI-powered visual language models for X-ray diagnosis as soon as it becomes legally permissible. This comes weeks after the largest nurses strike in NYC history, signaling a broader push toward automation in healthcare. Katz emphasized that AI could handle a significant portion of radiology work, potentially reducing costs and addressing staffing challenges, though legal and regulatory hurdles remain.
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· 3 pulledWe could replace a great deal of radiology work with AI.
As soon as it's legal, we're ready to start replacing radiologists with AI systems.
The technology is advancing rapidly and we need to be prepared to adopt it.
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