In the health care business, where productivity is measured in patient lives saved, new technology breakthroughs from artificial intelligence (AI) ought to be a show stopper – so why is AI still stuck on the industry’s to “do list” of coming attractions? Investments in AI lag other sectors and tend to be confined to rote tasks that do not transform clinical practice and bolster the bottom line.
Analysts cite several factors behind this boxed in approach to AI, including health care’s conservative risk profile, especially with regard...