AI is expected to drive health care effectiveness, increase jobs in Australia

PERTH, Australia – There is pervasive use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) across the health care industry in Australia, and excitement is building on the opportunities it offers to technologies and ultimately to patients, Ausbiotech CEO Lorraine Chiroiu told BioWorld. "AI/ML is transforming clinical practice in terms of clinical trials, diagnosis, treatment, decision-making, early detection and preventative health," she said. AI is being used for everything from smart medical records to the systems that help set appointments, to hospital records and diagnostic and pathology tests. It's being used in diagnostics for cancer patients to redirect the best treatment regimens based on a number of patient variables, and patient records can be aggregated so that algorithms can narrow down diagnoses. AI is changing the precision around surgeries like knee replacements by using robotic surgery to diagnose the exact angles, Brandon Capital Managing Director Chris Nave told BioWorld.