Pathfinders Health Community: Artificial Intelligence is no substitute for a doctor yet ECHAlliance

Health community think tanks this year discussed how to address the challenges of deploying artificial intelligence. The discussion found that systematic and structured data collection and changes in the financing of the whole process were a prerequisite for moving forward with artificial intelligence. According to Piret Hirv, head of the Connected Health Cluster, collaboration between stakeholders is a prerequisite for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. "It's quite clear that artificial intelligence will be used more and more in future medicine, but it's not going to replace a doctor anytime soon. Rather, artificial intelligence in the future will provide us with quick and convenient answers based on our own health data. Today, many people turn to Google to find answers and make decisions about their health based on what they read, which is probably no longer needed. Certainly, the health technology cluster will also contribute to the real benefit of AI for patients and doctors in the future, "explained Hirv.