A hospital in Boston is using artificial intelligence to revolutionize the way care is provided in its emergency department.
Patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are linked up to a super computer which automatically collects and analyses data about their condition.
Although the computer is intended to assist rather than replace human medics, it can sometimes accurately suggest what is wrong with a patient before a doctor has made their diagnosis.
You can watch the video here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34245655
It's just a small step from this to predicting if and when a patient may die.
At that point, who decides what to do? The machine?
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