The Cognitive Ceiling: Why AI Must Support Radiologists, Not Replace Them
The field of radiology is at a breaking point, facing a massive "volume crush" that threatens to push professionals toward early retirement. Dr. Julie Bauml, a board-certified radiologist who transitioned into clinical informatics, joins the show to discuss why technology must be reframed as a tool for augmentation rather than a replacement for human expertise.
The episode explores the "cognitive ceiling", a biological limit on how many high-level decisions and visual inputs a brain can process in a day. Dr. Bauml shares sobering anecdotes of AI tools implemented without radiologist input…
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