Nuance Communications Focuses on Practical Application of AI Ahead of HIMSS18
Is there a hotter buzzword than Artificial Intelligence (AI) right now? It dominated the discussion at the annual RSNA conference late last year and will undoubtedly be on full display at the upcoming HIMSS18 event next month in Las Vegas. One company, Nuance Communications, is cutting through the hype by focusing their efforts on practical applications of AI in healthcare.
According to Accenture, AI in healthcare is defined as:
A collection of multiple technologies enabling machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn so they can perform administrative and clinical healthcare functions. Unlike legacy technologies that are only algorithms/ tools that complement a human, health AI today can truly augment human activity.
One of the most talked about applications of AI in healthcare is in the area of clinical decision support. By analyzing the vast stores of electronic health data, AI algorithms could assist clinicians in the diagnosis of patient conditions. Extending this idea a little further and you arrive in a world where patients talk to an electronic doctor who can determine what’s wrong and make recommendations for treatment.
Understandably there is a growing concern around AI as a replacement for clinician-led diagnosis. This is more than simply fear of losing jobs to computers, there are questions rightfully being asked about the datasets being used to train AI algorithms and whether or not they are truly representative of patient populations. Detractors point to the ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health Care Healthcare Healthcare AI HealthCare IT Radiology Voice Assistant Technology Artificial Intelligence Imaging Workflow Source Type: blogs