10 Areas Where Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Primary Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to have a transformative impact on primary care, a recent journal article says. AI technology is starting to be applied across the healthcare sector, including digital clinical decision support tools and natural language processing. With more than 500 million patient visits annually, primary care is a prime area for AI to have a revolutionary effect on healthcare. "Primary care is where the power, opportunity, and future of AI are most likely to be realized in the broadest and most ambitious scale," the authors of the recent article in Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) wrote. The journal article identifies 10 primary care areas where AI is either already generating benefits or expected to gain traction.