Search Tag: Artificial Intelligence
2018 26 Nov
The Chief Information Officer of Affidea – a leading pan-European provider of advanced diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer services – has told an audience of leading private healthcare companies that artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionise the way clinicians interact with patients across the continent. Speaking to a distinguished...Read more
2018 19 Sep
In a new survey by Reaction Data, telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) are seen as the top tech innovations that will have the most disruptive impact on healthcare. Twenty-nine percent of healthcare executives who participated in the survey said that telemedicine will be the biggest disruptor, followed by AI (selected by 20 percent...Read more
2018 04 Jul
Babylon boasts that its artificial intelligence bot performs better than human doctors at a medical exam. Not surprisingly, such claims have elicited doubts and protests from practitioners and medical groups. For starters, the Royal College of General Practitioners contends that no app or algorithm will be able to do what a GP does. "An...Read more
2018 27 Jun
While adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare may be on the rise, a new report indicates the lack of readiness of organisations in dealing with societal and liability issues arising from actions or decisions taken by AI systems on their behalf. In a recent survey conducted by consulting firm Accenture, 80 percent of health executives...Read more
2018 19 Jun
Machine ethics is a new field of research at the interface of computer science and philosophy that aims to develop moral machines. It's all about creating machines that can make moral decisions based on computer technology. This project is inspired by the latest developments in artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence (AI) is to be used...Read more
2018 15 May
Use of electronic health record (EHR) is strongly associated with dissatisfaction and burnout among physicians. This is not surprising as they spend 34-55 percent of their work day creating notes and reviewing medical records in the EHR, which is time diverted from direct patient interactions. EHR developers should look at informatics solutions...Read more
2018 06 Mar
The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare seems to grow at a frenetic pace. Indeed, according to a forecast by IBM, the medical AI market will be worth $200 billion a year in a few years. And Skychain, a key player in advancing the use of healthcare AI, has made public its goal of capturing a lion's share of the market. Skychain is a project...Read more
2018 27 Feb
The application of artificial intelligence in healthcare continues to expand, and this time AI will be used in combination with blockchain technology to create a global marketplace for healthcare data. In this blockchain-based marketplace, the monetisation of a person's health data (e.g., blood test results) will become possible. Longenesis, a healthcare...Read more
2018 23 Jan
The growing impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare is already being felt, even if opportunities for using AI technology are just beginning to be explored, according to a new report from JASON, an independent scientific advisory group. Some AI and machine learning programs can match human competence in image recognition and, in some studies,...Read more
2017 17 Oct
Amidst growing popularity of artificial intelligence-based technology in healthcare, two experts share insights that are valuable particularly for hospitals planning to purchase AI tools. Their advice: Know that AI and machine learning are augmentative tools, understand that size matters among data sets, real-world applicability is a must, and the...Read more
2017 16 Oct
Gradually, computerised health data is being implemented in hospitals or in doctor communities. Computerisation radically changes accessibility moving away from the comfort zone linked to paper and creating a new space for information systems. It thus reaches a New World literally and figuratively. One could compare the data ‘revolution’...Read more
2017 19 Sep
Many workers fear that the growing adoption of artificial intelligence may force them out of their jobs. However, instead of destroying jobs, AI is generating new roles in many organisations that have embraced the technology, according to a survey report from consulting and outsourcing firm Capgemini. The firm conducted a survey of 993 global executives...Read more
2017 05 Sep
Artificial intelligence technology is evolving quickly. An increasing number of hospitals now use AI and machine learning for more efficient care management. With powerful analytics tools, providers can gauge capacity or pinpoint the slack in the system. In addition, AI-based virtual assistants are helping more patients to stay fit and healthy....Read more
2017 22 Aug
Artificial intelligence means using computers and tools to do something that humans do. Machine learning is a subset of overall AI that recognises patterns in data and predicts outcomes based on past experience and data. Most AI systems incorporate machine learning technology to help generate results that replicate human ones. You might also like...Read more
2017 28 Jun
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming integrated in the delivery of healthcare, and increasing use of the technology is expected to result in quality improvement and cost reduction. A new study shows that a variety of clinical AI applications will translate into savings of up to $150 billion in healthcare costs over the next 10 years....Read more
2017 04 Apr
Use of artificial intelligence technology is expanding not just in IT departments but also in other areas of business. Indeed, based on a global survey, a large majority (84 percent) of organisations view the use of AI as essential to being competitive. See Also : IT Needs for the Next Generation of Healthcare The survey by consulting firm Tata...Read more
2017 28 Mar
Analytics, artificial intelligence, Big Data and machine learning are essential IT capabilities that can help healthcare organisations to compete and thrive in the next generation of healthcare, according to a health IT expert. Amid rising competition, skilled nursing facilities, home health, assisted living and long-term care organisations are looking...Read more
2017 20 Feb
In today's digital age, organisations are relying more on technology to enhance their competitive advantage. Artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and ransomware security are among the emerging technology trends that will make an impact on organisations in 2017 and beyond, according to IT experts. 1. Predictive analytics and the power of...Read more
2016 21 Mar
A robotics designer has said that robots could be ‘walking amongst humans’ within 20 years serving in a number of fields including healthcare. “We’re designing these robots to serve in healthcare, therapy, education and customer service applications,” David Hanson of Hanson Robotics. Hanson was speaking in a video demonstration of Hanson’s Robots’ latest...Read more