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AI In Healthcare
The steam engine was far more expensive when compared to other more accessible power sources when it was initially commercialized — until it was not. The engine, designed to draw water from flooded mines, enabled deeper and less expensive coal mining. Then came quicker transportation, affordable shipment of more items, and, as availability expanded with productivity, more people.
The true potential of an innovation is not found in what it sets out to do at first. It is in what it enables.
The fourth industrial revolution of digital data and artificial intelligence (AI) could likewise usher in a new era in healthcare. AI-driven prediction tools, digitized caregiving, and fresh perspectives on “health” and “care” will lay the groundwork for improved results, much like steam-powered technology, which previously led the way for people to accomplish more, quicker, better, and easier. Efficiency, despite coming at a higher initial cost, will eventually lead to improved disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatments.
Many doctors believe that AI in healthcare is and will be beneficial. It has already found itself in the examination rooms. Furthermore, it simulates chemistry using computers to find possible novel treatments, systemizes hospital and emergency department traffic, and analyzes patient risk ratings.
