Innovative applications of computer science in medicine

Abstract

For a variety of economic, social and geographical reasons, there currently exists a maldistribution of medical expertise with respect to the needs of the population both in this country and perhaps more markedly abroad. The particular characteristics of the computer, its large memory and the industry of its computing engine, suggest the possibility of its use to provide replicable and distributable packages of expertise. Attempts to build such packages, however, until recently have been confined to rather sharply circumscribed medical problems. Success has been somewhat limited, and the net effect of this work has been small when compared to the problems which exist in the health care industry. Advances in computer science, and in particular in the domain of artificial intelligence, offer hope that some of the major impediments to success in this area can be eliminated. This session will be concerned with current work in the area of computer science applications in medicine. Particular attention will be paid to the identification of the cutting edge of computer science and artificial intelligence technology in medicine and to the major problems which as yet remain unresolved.

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