Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Is Real

Ten years ago artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was only realized in movies and sci-fi specials. Today the AI movement has caught up to reality and day-to-day healthcare in a big way. Many patients are unaware that when they are discharged for the hospital in leading institutions, an AI based predicative algorithm calculates the risk of their re-admission and provides guidance for discharge nurses as to the best means to minimize anticipated complications and an avoidable readmission. AI innovation is allowing clinicians and service workers to broadly apply their knowledge, freeing up more face time to spend delivering direct care, and scales critical decision making that was once only applicable to a small population. For example, AI has the potential to efficiently apply the expertize of 1000 top radiologists to one interpretation of a chest x-ray or MRI scan.