Special Report: AI and Data

In the post-pandemic world, the onus seems to be on artificial intelligence (AI) to carry the healthcare sector forward. Maja Dragovic finds out how the attitudes towards AI in the sector have changed over the last 12 months. The focus on AI has definitely shifted since the pandemic, with data being seen as a tool to improve the health and care of a population in a safe, trusted and transparent way. The government's recent data strategy for health and care has set the direction for the use of data in a post-pandemic healthcare system with AI playing a significant role, especially in screening services where the technology can help scan numerous hospital images for irregularities. For Chris Scarisbrick, sales director at Sectra, an accelerator of AI use in screening was the development of the National Lung Screening pilot.