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Global Health Systems Are Learning To Embrace AI As A Force For Good

AI Is Increasingly Seen As A Realistic Solution To The Demand Overload On Clinicians

 
• By Ashley Yeo

The term artificial intelligence was coined at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project in 1956, but it is only in very recent years that it has been consistently at the top of the agenda in discussions on the future direction of health care. As a tool to improve both the quality and speed of care, AI is now increasingly seen as a realistic solution to the demand overload on clinicians. At the same time, techno-fears are abating. This confluence will transform health care radically in the next two decades.

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“AI will change the world of health care.” So said Siemens Healthineers AG CFO Jochen Schmitz, addressing a room full of investors at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in November 2019. The IVDs and imaging group had posted annual 2018-2019 groups sales up 5.8% that same month, and Schmitz was looking ahead to future reporting periods when AI would be having a clear and identifiable influence on revenues. “The health care industry can and will benefit from digital and AI, and imaging and radiology are the clear and obvious doors of entry for AI,” he said.

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