Will big data make everyone healthier?

New Zealand's first ever health conference looking at artificial intelligence was organised to give the health system "a shake-up". Dr Marise Stuart, an organiser of the Hack Aotearoa conference, said New Zealand's heath system needed to "pick up its game" in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Last week's conference explored how predictive data, smart technologies and robotics could improve the health of New Zealanders. "There's a junior doctors' strike going on now and a lot of that could be prevented by having good IT because junior doctors spend so much of their time typing. That's just one small snag in the health system that AI could hugely have an effect on."