AI and machine learning growing as an industry force, experts say

Through the expansive healthcare system in the U.S., few providers are actively using artificial intelligence technology. However, more organizations are getting ready to take advantage of the technology, says Michael Muelly, a radiologist and product manager at Google Cloud Healthcare. By 2005, AI got a boost from rapid advances in computing technology, and that helped usher in more advanced robotics, which led to computers learning from the data itself, Muelly explained during an educational session at the Medical Group Management Association's 2019 conference in New Orleans. Now, machine learning, also known as machine intelligence, is coming into the industry, again via early adopters, says Josh Siegel, chief technology officer and chief clinical architect at Care Cloud, an electronic health records vendor. "Focus your goals and learn what is machine intelligence and what is not," he counsels.