Explosion in Artificial Intelligence Coming for Home Care and Hospitals

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in health care is poised to soar throughout the globe in the coming years, including to support preventive care in people's homes. The report defines artificial intelligence (AI) as providing "a device or software program the ability to interpret complex data, including images, video, text, and speech or other sounds, and act on that interpretation to achieve a goal." The number of monitoring devices capturing patient data for AI purposes such as predictive analytics will increase exponentially, the report found. Specifically, there were 53,000 such devices in use as of 2017, and there will be 3.1 million as of 2021. "This includes the use of AI for home-based preventive care solutions," an ABI press release stated.