This appeared last week.August 19 2016 - 1:08PM Doctors warn over diagnosis apps amid Ada launch Julia MedewIt is marketed as being "smarter than human doctors" and the "world's most accurate health diagnosis service".It is a medical app on your smartphone that invites you to put in a list of symptoms to find the most likely explanation. According to the company that created Ada, the app includes 10,000 symptoms and diseases and was developed by 100 doctors, making it more knowledgeable than any human brain. But for all its promises, leading Australian GPs are urging consumers to be wary of it and other apps that make similar claims. Both the Australian Medical Association and Royal Australian College of GPs said they were concerned about the accuracy of the Ada system, and its potential to either falsely reassure people about their health or alarm them unnecessarily.Despite a booming market for health apps, including ones that aim to diagnose, research suggests they may...
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