How AI can help treat Europe's health care challenges

It's hard to imagine what scenes Florence Nightingale witnessed when she arrived at the British military hospitals during the wars in her time. Armed with only a notebook and lamp, Nightingale redefined the problem she was trying to solve. She did not believe soldiers were simply succumbing to their wounds and was determined to curb any avoidable deaths. By recording and visualizing data she uncovered that poor sanitary practices were the main culprit of fatality in hospitals. Put simply, she used data to save lives.