How artificial intelligence is making diagnosis faster and more accurate

AI is helping to diagnose tuberculosis and cancer more accurately. Reports suggest that there was a 33 per cent increase in the notification rate, and the number of drop-outs of presumptive cases fell from 72 per cent to 53 per cent. The applications and use-cases are innumerable, and increasingly, the Indian health care scene is warming to AI-based diagnoses and interventions. Nilesh Shah, president and chief of science and innovation at Metropolis Healthcare, says that several common tests such as complete blood count and even tests for autoimmune disorders can be done quickly and without errors using AI-enabled applications. "The share of AI in diagnosis is only going to go up in future, and this will reduce the burden on doctors, who can devote their time to complex cases. Also, there is a huge cost benefit," says Shah.