Tapping Into the Health Potential of Artificial Intelligence

"For health care practitioners to remain relevant, it really means understanding data," said Dr. Mark Michalski, executive director of the Center for Clinical Data Science at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. In fields like medical imaging, he says, "machine learning is going to be central to a lot of what we do." New technologies could improve the ability to detect and diagnose lung tumors or nodules, for instance. The challenge, he says, is incorporating emerging technology into health practice.