AIMed UK 2020: Considerations to have in deploying healthcare AI at scale

AIMed UK 2020 virtual summit took place early on. In the opening keynote session: Deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK and across the world, Professor Neil Sebire, Chief Research Information Officer at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust talked about some of the considerations healthcare organization need to have as they plan to deploy AI tools at scale. Professor Sebire said healthcare organization ought to think about what is required, in terms of infrastructure, when it comes to dealing with healthcare data. Often, it's great to have talks focusing on electronic health records (EHRs) but these data warehouses do not facilitate utilization. What the healthcare system needs is a place which not only keeps all the data but also permits algorithm development; planning the deployment and scaling of AI, and everything else.