#diagnostic-accuracy

#diagnostic-accuracy

In a head-to-head comparison with five experienced physicians, each with more than a decade of practice, the system achieved higher accuracy across the board. DeepRare correctly identified the disease on its first suggestion 64.4 per cent of the time, compared to 54.6 per cent for the doctors. When given three suggestions instead of one, the AI system achieved diagnostic success in 79 per cent of cases versus 66 per cent for the human specialists.

But questions remain about the accuracy and uncertainty of these tests, and experts caution that the assays aren't ready for prime time. While the results here are encouraging, they are not yet at the level of having significant clinical benefit for individual patients, says Corey Bolton, a clinical neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who was not involved in the new study.