There Is No Precision Medicine Without Artificial Intelligence

Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) will most likely help healthcare move from traditional, „one-size-fits-all” medical solutions towards targeted treatments, personalized therapies, and uniquely composed drugs. In two words: precision medicine. However, before we let ANI take over the stage in healthcare, stakeholders should consider several ethical and legal issues.  Moving away from generalized medicine to personalization The article is based on a paper about the role of A.I. in Precision Medicine that was published in Expert Review of Precision Medicine and Drug Development. Classical medical practice puts large groups of people in their focus and tries to develop clinical solutions, drugs or treatment based on the needs of the statistical average person. Disruptive technologies change that perspective completely. The basis of that transformation is data. Physicians are able to collect a vast amount of medical information about the individual through cheap genome sequencing, big data analytics, health sensors, wearables or artificial intelligence. Based on that specific knowledge, medical professionals can move away from generalistic solutions towards personalization and precision. As disruptive technologies appear on the stage of healthcare, it becomes possible to get down even more deeply to the roots of diseases and treatments. The “one-size-fits-all” strategy will definitely start to crumble. It is the logical result of hundreds of years of medical research...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Bioethics Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Personalized Medicine AI ethical gc4 Innovation machine learning medical precision medicine Source Type: blogs