Key points from article :
Currently medical robots are improving patient outcomes not reducing cost.
Blood tests and genetic testing can be carried out automatically and very cost effectively by machines.
An appropriately trained machine will be superior at pattern recognition than any human could ever be.
Knowledge and experience is lost when human pathologist retires.
Mobile phones with high-quality cameras could link to global database.
An X-ray taken in equatorial Africa could be read with the same reliability as one taken in an Australian centre of excellence.
