Digital tech exploded in 2018: Will 2019 see broad adoption?

Ed Ikeguchi, chief medical officer at AiCure, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics company, said 2018 was a year filled with change – both positive and negative. On the upside, the pharmaceutical industry more broadly adopted innovative technology leveraging AI and machine learning for use across R&D as well as commercial development, he told us. Regulators also got on board, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releasing a statement backing the idea of AI-enabled technology and encouraging its use in health care. Larger technology companies like Google, Apple, and Amazon also have shown greater investment and interest in the health care space, Ikeguchi noted. As one example, Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway teamed up to form a new company that aims to address US employee health care.