What Is AI and Why Every ObGyn Needs to Understand It Now
Introduction to AI
Let’s start with something honest. Most of us did not become doctors or nurses and we did not go into obstetrics and gynecology to become technology experts. We went in because we care about women, about pregnancy, about the moments that define people’s lives. So when someone says you need to understand artificial intelligence, the natural reaction is somewhere between mild irritation and complete indifference.
Here is why that reaction, understandable as it is, has become a liability.
Artificial intelligence is already inside your clinical environment. It is in imaging software, in EHR systems, in the apps your patients are using to interpret their own symptoms before they ever get to your office. Your residents are using it to study, to draft notes, and to look up clinical questions. Your patients are using it to decide whether their bleeding warrants a call or a trip to the ED. Whether you engage with AI or not, it is already making decisions that touch your patients. The only question is whether a clinician with your level of training is part of that process.
