Doctors, data, and diseases: How AI is transforming health care

Health care doesn't have a big data problem. It has a big data opportunity, thanks to artificial intelligence. Think about the number of inefficiencies in your daily life -- long lines, traffic jams, a reliance on "snail mail" for certain bills or communications. Those inefficiencies are inconvenient and annoying, yes, but they are usually not a matter of life and death. The need for productivity in health care is different.