See How This Hospital Uses Artificial Intelligence To Find Kidney Disease

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare continues to rise. According to a June 2018 ABI Research report, the number of patient monitoring devices, which also includes AI for home-based preventative healthcare, that use data to train AI models for predictive analytics will be 3.1 million in 2021, up from 53,000 in 2017. That connectivity is predicted to save hospitals around $52 billion in 2021. "We now have exponential increases in digital healthcare data due to the internet, electronic health records, personal health records, cellphones, wearable devices, digital medical devices, sensors and many other factors," said Drew Gantt. "This data will fuel algorithmic solutions, clinical decision support tools, and visual tools in the near term."