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What Petak said:
“We believe that, in the future, AI in healthcare will not be a disruption: to ensure the best treatment to patients, the use of AI will be a necessity and a normality.”
We were talking to Petak about his work at the intersection of AI and cancer treatment. And he pointed out that AI is fast becoming an essential technology in healthcare – because there are so many other new technologies that generate large volumes of data. And that data can’t be analysed and interpreted by humans alone. There’s just too much of it.
A study by the International Data Corporation (IDC) projected that the data generation growth rate in the healthcare sector will exceed that of any other sector up to 2025. This growth is driven by the various data needs that exist in healthcare, including (but not limited to):
According to IDC data outlined by RBC Capital Markets, about 30% of all the world’s data right now is being generated by the healthcare industry.
On the blog, we wrote about microbots that could change the future of healthcare – aiding in patient diagnostics and precision medicine delivery. Devices like these, and many other emerging technologies in healthcare, continue to increase the amount of data produced in the sector; so the need for AI data tools will keep on growing.
Looking into the future, the factors that are likely to generate the highest volumes of data in healthcare include:
It’s highly likely, then, that Petak is right. AI will become a necessity in the healthcare sector, because as it stands, it’s the only way to manage the immense data demands that healthcare providers face.
We know our focus today has been on data. But while we’re talking about AI in healthcare, we couldn’t resist sharing one more thing with you:
In the US and the UK, organisations have been deploying AI-powered virtual patients to facilitate virtual and remote training.
This 2023 report explores how VR platforms are enabling medical students to engage in immersive, face-to-face (sort of) training with AI patients, so they can safely practise interpersonal skills including comforting distressed patients or delivering bad news.
AI has a bright future in healthcare – in all kinds of ways. And we’re excited to see what happens next.
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Catch you next week,
Richard McKeon
Group Marketing Director
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