Medtronic, the world's largest medical device company, is significantly increasing its investments into AI and other technologies, in what it says is an effort to help the health care industry catch up with other industries. While many other industries have embraced technology, health care has been slower. Studies reveal that only 20% of consumers would trust AI-generated health care advice. VentureBeat interviewed Torod Neptune, Medtronic's senior vice president and chief communications officer, and Gio Di Napoli, president of Medtronic's Gastrointestinal Unit, to discuss the company's vision of the future of health care technology. Neptune spoke about Medtronic's transition beyond traditional med tech to more innovative solutions using AI.

Accuracy, precision, recall and other measures of AI efficacy are crucial but not sufficient. Will you use, trust, or make clinical decisions based on a technology that runs on "bad data" and are neither "clinically validated" nor "FDA approved"? From virtual assistants to technologies such as Apple Watch and IBM Watson, several applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have been established to augment health care systems, improve patient care, and assist care-providers. The growing involvement of technology giants such as Google, Apple, and IBM in health care technology have further enhanced the need to understand better the influence of AI on the health care industry. Many health care organizations are employing AI technologies to create new value in the industry.

This Q&A by Brian Zimmerman was originally published on BeckersHospitalReview.com on July 31, 2019 When compared with industries like banking and entertainment, health care's digital transformation journey seems to have just begun. Industries that have been successful in this revolution understand it requires technology, leadership, culture change, workflow adaptation, employee engagement and digitizing useful, valuable data. Becker's Hospital Review recently spoke with Nate Kelly, senior director and general manager of health system operations at Cerner, about what the future of health care could look like in a truly digital, data-driven world. Question: Where is health care on its journey to become data-driven? Is the industry entering a post-digital world?

Health technology company Ada has brought a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered health companion to the US, providing Americans with a more personalized way to assess and monitor their health. Designed to grow smarter as users engage with it, Ada's intelligence not only offers users a sophisticated and tailored health assessment, it also supports doctors in providing more accurate assessments and, through data collection and analysis, has the ability to help patients and doctors monitor health situations over time. Developed by a team of medical doctors and scientists, Ada's AI engine is a representation of where personal and community health care is headed. Since Ada's global launch this past winter, the app has already climbed to no. 1 medical app in the App Store in more than 120 countries. It jumped to no. 1 medical app in the US seeing more than 25,000 downloads within the first week of being live in the US, demonstrating a clear consumer demand.