AI Can Be a Powerful Tool in Augmenting and Assisting Healthcare Professionals

Artificial intelligence is already widely entrenched in healthcare industry, so the question should not be, "Will AI happen or not?" said David Houlding, CISSP, CIPP, principal healthcare lead, at Microsoft, in an interview with MD+DI. “It's very much 'What tasks will AI help with, and what will it do and what will it not do?’ ” he continued. “I think we're still learning some of that, but it's largely a proven technology, not just for healthcare providers but for payers, for pharmaceuticals, for life sciences—really every segment of healthcare is using AI some way, shape, or form.” Houlding will speak as a panelist in the December 4 BIOMEDevice San Jose panel discussion, “The Growing Artificial Intelligence Application Across Medical Devices.” Houlding told MD+DI that what AI and machine learning are really good at is pattern detection. “The idea there is for AI to help healthcare professionals improve their decision-making and make sure they are not missing any patterns or correlations.” In this way, he explained that AI can be used as a tool to augment, assist, and empower healthcare professionals with performing tasks such as segmenting images, among others. AI can also be used to help detect rare conditions that a GP might never see an...
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