What AI Can Do In Healthcare In The Coming Years: 8 Examples

We previously looked at what artificial intelligence (AI) can do already in healthcare and we continue this series on the technology’s potential in this article. This time, our focus is on what we can expect the technology to do in the near future. We share 8 examples of what AI is likely to do in the healthcare field in order to better anticipate the future.

1. Predicting disease progression

Prior to the worsening of a condition, there are often telltale signals from various health metrics that indicate a downward trend. However, such signals are not easily picked up, which leads to millions of deaths that could be prevented with earlier detection.

AI models have been developed to analyse electronic health records (EHRs) to accurately predict long-term outcomes for various conditions. Google DeepMind has developed an algorithm that can accurately predict acute kidney injury in patients up to 48 hours earlier than it is currently diagnosed. Researchers in Belgium have trained an AI model to reliably predict the probability of disability progression in the next two years among people with multiple sclerosis.