Top surgeon predicts AI will be mandatory in care within 3 years
mattbeane · x · 2026-08-27
A top-shelf practicing surgeon predicts that within 3 years, not checking an AI evidence tool at the point of care will be considered uncouth, and within five years, unsafe.
This indicates a shift from the status quo—relying on specialty societies hoping for guideline-concordant care—to a future where physicians verify guideline and evidence concordance in real time. In future M&M conferences, doctors may be asked, "Did you look this up in real time when you saw the patient?"
The author views this as a positive development for patients, especially if adopted voluntarily by the profession rather than mandated.
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