It’s here – Your AI Assistant
An introduction to the emerging AI systems available in healthcare today.
Will AI Assist or Replace Doctors?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is certainly slashing costs, errors, and paperwork in many businesses, be it healthcare, marketing, or web design. However, when used in mainstream healthcare, it could also rapidly drive the industry towards an even more impersonal, protocol-driven system. It’s a Jekyll and Hyde situation, where the outcome largely depends on how the system is set up and used.
As the rebellious UK doctor, Doc Malik, noted, new AI systems have emerged there this year that are set up to not just assist, but often to replace Doctors, enabling pharmacists and junior doctors to diagnose conditions and prescribe medications. NZ is now following, with a few hospitals and Doctors quietly using them, along with a few Pharmacies. Others are freely available online, for under $100/mth. Reference
Caution is certainly needed, especially as most of these new AI tools are [naturally] funded or programmed by the industry, where the most likely outcome is an increase in pharmaceutical drug sales and usage, rather than promoting healthier diet or lifestyle options.
Is this available for Holistic Practitioners?
Yes. These knowledge libraries are very flexible in the advice and information given out. AI libraries are available for hundreds of different topics, including one we’ve found for holistic and alternative health.
The unique LLM (Large Language Model) library we have obtained contains datasets on alternative, non-pharmaceutical treatments. It can provide any holistic practitioner with a wealth of useful information to really help their practices, running as an assistant, saving them time and costs.
Remember these are just libraries of information collated together, with the AI bit doing a fast lookup and delivery of the data based upon your questions. Used well and wisely, they’ll allow users to conduct a more professional, personalised, and effective consultation, one not just centered around the prescription drug model of healthcare, but across all modalities.
Components of Our Alternative Health AI
- Nutrition
- Herbal Medicine
- Natural Medicine
- Alternative Medicine
- Phytochemistry (plant chemistry)
- Gardening (with a focus on medicinal plants)
Note this is an experimental Health AI library and model, provided freely from a generous US developer. It is derived from 70+ books on herbs, vitamins, minerals, nutrition, supplements, natural and alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, cancer, permaculture, phytochemistry, survival, food safety, as well as 17 books/datasets covering mainstream medicine, COVID, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and herbicides. There’s also thousands of articles, interviews, videos and audiobooks included.
This holistic health AI system for a Practitioners Office. For now it’s only available as a PC (Windows/Linux) installed pre-configured, and on a gaming-spec machine. But I am looking at online options too that everyone can access, although the monthly hosting cost is high and requires many subscribers to be viable.
Potential Applications
- Provide personalized herbal and nutritional recommendations
- Analyze interactions between herbs, foods, and conventional medications
- Offer guidance on growing and preparing medicinal plants
- Suggest alternative treatments for various health conditions
- Assist in phytochemical research and drug discovery
Key Benefits
- Increased accessibility to holistic health information
- Support for integrative medicine approaches
- Potential for new discoveries in natural compounds and their health effects
Potential Users
- Herbalists and naturopathic practitioners
- Nutritionists and dietitians; Health shops
- Researchers in phytochemistry and pharmacognosy
- Individuals interested in natural health approaches
- Clinicians interested in natural health approaches
- Gardeners focusing on medicinal plants