Artificial Intelligence and the Path to Health Care Innovation

Experts say that artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to have a bigger impact on health care than anything the field has experienced in our lifetime. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we're seeing how AI is helping clinicians screen for, and diagnose, COVID-19; it's aiding researchers' efforts to develop new drugs and vaccines. Though some health care workers worry that AI tools could replace their jobs, in fact AI is driving innovation, process improvements and better patient outcomes. It's enhancing providers' ability to care for more patients safely. The American Hospital Association and Microsoft now offer a free, one-hour course, for continuing education credits, to guide health care teams through key considerations and specific actions for AI's responsible and strategic implementation.