Artificial Intelligence: Help or Hindrance for Family Physicians?

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies is rapidly increasing and its application in clinical practice is a promising area of development. Artificial Intelligence can be a solution in the future as a physician’s new assistant; AI-physician combinations can act like models of ‘peaceful co-existence’. While it has the potential to mold many dimensions of patient care and can augment quality improvement, it cannot replace a family physician’s diagnostic intelligence, empathy and relationships. Physicians need to strike a balance between these combinations for better health outcomes without increasing patients’ frustration. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.3351 How to cite this:Irfan F. Artificial Intelligence: Help or Hindrance for Family Physicians? Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(1):288-291. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.3351 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.