Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: What You Need to Know

Artificial intelligence technology has been around since the 1950s, and has been a part of collective imaginings of a better future for decades. However, only recently has this revolutionary technology begun to make significant and tangible contributions to the medical industry. While we might still be several decades away from robots attending you in a doctor's office, the influences of AI technology in the medical field have arrived. Before we begin to look at some of the more important contributions that AI technology is making in the medical industry, it is important to differentiate between different types of artificial intelligence. WorkFusion, a company specializing in intelligent automation, defines artificial intelligence thus: "AI gives machines the ability to learn, reason, and understand. It uses historical data and real time human action to train algorithms to do work the same way a person would – only faster and without errors. AI is branch of computer science, and Machine Learning is the mature branch of AI that is used today by leading businesses."