Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Our Future Health? - Benzinga

Thousands of financial investors and Wall Street pundits advise people daily about what economic trends are coming, what stocks are hot and what is on the upswing. Those same investors and banks benefit from financial success by using a bevy of information and data analysis to predict financial risks and steer their clients to recommended strategies. But while big data and research have been the forerunners to competent investment advice, the healthcare industry is seemingly jumping into the mix and using data to predict a person's future health. In its simplest terms, predictive medicine relies on the study and analysis of large quantities of data to determine a patient's future health and the likelihood they may get a disease. A Harvard Business Review report lauded the advent of predictive medicine when it said, "Predictive tools are helping providers -- both doctors' groups and hospitals -- assess patients' risk of contracting a whole host of diseases and conditions. For the volume-to-value paradigm shift in healthcare, predictive analytics, though rarely visible, is the essential enabler."