Artificial intelligence and the healthcare sector - Information Age

Last Friday, the government revealed how the budget for more investment in cutting-edge technology and innovation would be split, with business secretary Greg Clark announcing that robotics and AI will be receiving £93 million as part of the government's £1 billion Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund – impacting a range of sectors, including healthcare. In the healthcare sector, technology has already been used to update patient records, improve care delivery and streamline processes. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being heralded as a technology to achieve further breakthroughs in this sector. UK consumers are also seeing the advantages of introducing AI into the healthcare sector. Recent research from the enterprise information management company, OpenText, revealed that a the UK public would appreciate quicker diagnoses. This was identified as the biggest benefit for people surveyed, with one in three (33%) UK residents believing robots would reach a decision on their condition much faster.