Intensive Care: How AI Could Rejuvenate U.S. Healthcare NVIDIA Blog

It's no secret that the U.S. healthcare system needs help. What's more surprising is the role AI can play in fixing it. In a talk at the GPU Technology Conference, Dr. Michael Dahlweid, chief medical officer of digital solutions for GE Healthcare, described the myriad problems in U.S. healthcare, and the scope for finding fixes with the expanded use of deep learning. The numbers can be depressing: About 100,000 people die needlessly every year, he said. Nearly a third of all healthcare spending -- more than $690 billion -- is money wasted.