Mayo Clinic CIO on AI: This stuff is really real - MedCity News

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty gave a powerful keynote address at the annual HIMSS meeting in Orlando that kicked off Monday describing humanity as on the cusp of ushering in a new cognitive era. She was careful to characterize artificial intelligence in healthcare as merely augmenting the intelligence of doctors and not replacing it. Many will be rightly skeptical -- radiology is a field that is bound to feel some pain as machines learn to read medical images quickly and more comprehensively than humans -- but for now let's highlight the clear benefits. Specifically, the ones that Mayo Clinic is experiencing. At a panel discussion on the impact of AI in healthcare, the venerable institution's chief information officer and a breast cancer oncologist were on hand to describe AI in action.