Healthcare is one of the most important and in-demand services we have. Tens of millions of patients need diagnosis, treatment, and care daily. However, the declining number of specialists and their limited resources are not always able to perform efficiently. It’s where external help is required, and by now Artificial Intelligence (AI) has facilitated a lot. Let’s have a look on its role in medicine.
The utilization of AI
The application of AI in medicine has two main branches: virtual and physical. The virtual part includes machine learning (mathematical algorithms). It’s applied to collect and manage patient data, improve the accuracy of diagnoses, recommend treatments, and develop medication. Moreover, you can use machine learning to program computers to make connections and predictions and discover critical insights from large amounts of data that health care providers may otherwise miss. The main goal of machine learning is to improve patient outcomes and discover solutions which were unavailable before.
The physical branch includes physical objects, medical devices and sophisticated robots taking part in the delivery of care (carebots). Some robots assist surgeons during complex procedures that require precise movements. Sometimes they also take the role of solo performers. In many cases, robotic surgery reduces the procedure’s invasiveness, which can also lower complications and improve outcomes. AI-driven robotic devices assist patients with tasks like rehabilitation exercises, providing real-time feedback and adapting routines based on the patient’s progress. The aim is to reduce potential life threatening aftermath, save specialists’ time, and give a faster conduction of treatment.
Conclusion
AI does a great job in saving lives and making medicine more accurate and efficient. Due to its rapid development we can wait for inventions and upgrades. Nevertheless, it all should be done through ensuring solid data privacy and guaranteeing high-quality and accurate solutions for patients.
Sources:
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096288319300816
- https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/patient-safety
- https://www.coursera.org/articles/machine-learning-in-health-care?utm_medium=sem&utm_source=gg&utm_campaign=B2C_EMEA__coursera_FTCOF_career-academy_pmax-multiple-audiences-country-multi&campaignid=20665163467&adgroupid=&device=c&keyword=&matchtype=&network=x&devicemodel=&adposition=&creativeid=&hide_mobile_promo&gclid=CjwKCAjwp8OpBhAFEiwAG7NaEi7mKzm7WBJJp_p5xHiC77xQ2mYxuOmMXDInA9YPMF9wGf_6w8Z2kxoCU2UQAvD_BwE
- https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-020-01191-1#Ack1
- The information about the role of the robots was partly taken from https://chat.openai.com/c/d26a2b3b-0925-4f2c-ba75-ac72083e9c06