China is flexing its artificial intelligence muscle, showcasing a host of medical innovations at this year's World AI Conference in Shanghai. Many of the systems use artificial intelligence to help diagnose health problems more quickly and efficiently than a doctor would alone. Companies around the world view AI as an opportunity to improve medical care, free up doctor's time and relieve the pressure that ageing populations are putting on healthcare systems. While the United States emerged as an early frontrunner in the industry, the European Union has taken a stricter stance when it comes to regulating AI, in a bid to protect privacy and fundamental rights. Meanwhile, China's medical AI boom is strongly supported by the central government, which wants the country to become the world's leading AI innovation centre by 2030.

Artificial intelligence is nothing strange now, as it is being used by almost all businesses in different industries. The rapid digital transformation and technology adoption in recent years has led many companies to extensively invest in AI to drive growth. Novartis International AG is a leading global healthcare company, based out of Switzerland, that has been efficiently capitalizing on its AI capabilities to develop medical innovations. Novartis incorporates digital and disruptive technologies to create transformative treatment and drug discoveries. Everybody is trying to adopt AI, but how many focus on an ethical approach?

The Cleveland Clinic and IBM have entered a 10-year partnership that includes the first quantum computer in the United States to be used for healthcare research, it was announced today. The partnership will establish the Discovery Accelerator, a joint Cleveland Clinic - IBM center created to advance discoveries in health care through the use of hybrid cloud with high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies.

After decades of rapid progress, advances in medical technologies have slowed in recent years. But there are reasons to be hopeful, according to the Global Innovation Index 2019, with artificial intelligence, genomics, and mobile health applications all poised to transform global healthcare. GENEVA, 31 October 2019 - In the context of the joint technical symposium by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), GII Co-Editor Sacha Wunsch-Vincent presented the results of the GII 2019 Theme Chapter on Creating Healthy Lives -- The Future of Medical Innovation, answering the question: "Are we about to enter a new "golden age" of medical innovation?" Over the last century, improvements in healthcare have doubled life expectancy in developed and developing countries, resulting in an expanded workforce, greater economic growth and improved quality of life. Driving those improvements has been healthcare innovation, both in technologies, such as chemotherapy and joint replacements, and in processes, such as better hygiene and enhanced public health planning.

Expanded window to treat stroke patients. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare in the coming year, according to a distinguished panel of doctors and researchers. Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations of 2019 at a multi-media presentation that capped off the 2018 Medical Innovation Summit. Now in its 16th year, the annual Medical Innovation Summit is organized by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic. The list of up-and-coming technologies was selected by a panel of Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists, led by Michael Roizen, M.D., Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland Clinic.

Expanded window to treat stroke patients. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare this year, according to a distinguished panel of doctors and researchers. The list of up-and-coming technologies was selected by a panel of Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists, led by Michael Roizen, M.D., Chief Wellness Officer at the Ohio-headquartered organization. "Healthcare is ever changing and we anticipate that innovations such as cancer immunotherapy and pharmacogenomics will significantly transform the medical field and improve care for patients at Cleveland Clinic and throughout the world," said Dr. Roizen. The opioid crisis has been declared a public health emergency.

From diagnostics and imaging to estimating the market impact of AI in the future, new AI and other innovative technologies caught the attention of many in the healthcare industry this year. Here are AI in Healthcare's top 10 AI and clinical innovation stories from 2018. A report released by Signify Research estimated the global market for AI in medical imaging is expected to see significant growth in the years ahead, topping $2 billion by 2023. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston developed "surgery in a pill" to treat type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels after a meal, with the approach detailed in a study. Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists named the utilization of AI in healthcare as the second most important medical innovation for 2019.

Back in October, the renowned Cleveland Clinic hosted a major conference on medical innovation and listed its own top health care breakthrough categories for 2019. With the new year upon us, I am excited to say that I completely agree with the Clinic's outlook and eagerly anticipate what is coming. First up on the list are new non-addictive alternatives to pain management. FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told me in a recent interview that exciting research is going on in this area and that new drugs will emerge where a patient's genetic makeup will help determine the best treatment. This past year scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine found such a new drug, known as AT-121, so far only tested in non-human primates, which suppresses the addictive effects of opioids while at the same time decreasing pain.

The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was named the second most important medical innovation for 2019 by the Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists expect AI to be a game changer in the healthcare industry in 2019 because of its potential to help doctors with decision support, image analysis and patient triage, according to the clinic's ranking of the top medical innovations for 2019. "Today, artificial intelligence is helping physicians make smarter decisions at the point of care, improving the ease and accuracy of viewing patient scans and reducing physician burnout," the ranking reads. "With AI's continued integration into healthcare, caring for patients has become a matter of working smarter, not harder." AI was not mentioned on Cleveland Clinic's 2018 or 2017 lists.