How AI can fit into healthcare's priorities in 2019

Two-thirds of attendees polled at a recent innovation summit by The Economist agree that healthcare is the sector that will benefit the most from artificial intelligence. However, questions loom on exactly how it will help the industry, and perhaps more importantly, if there is the possibility of it accomplishing what it promises. The latter concern was recently experienced by IBM when its Watson cognitive recognition system was used as part of the "moon shot" project launched by the MD Anderson Cancer Center to diagnose and recommend treatment plans for certain forms of cancer. The project costs spiraled past $62 million while the system had yet to be used on an actual patient. The extremely bold and ambitious initiative failed to deliver.