7 Promising Examples AI Could Do In Healthcare In The Future

In our recent series of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, we looked at what the technology can already do and at what we can expect it to do in the near future. With technological development, there will be further potential for AI in this field beyond the ones we shared before. 

In particular, as we progress across levels of automation, AI technology will be able to handle more complex tasks with fewer human input. They might take longer to materialise due to regulatory and computational hurdles but we can expect them to be the next big things in healthcare over time.

Here, we share 7 examples of what these next milestones for AI in healthcare might look like. As these mostly represent ideal scenarios and aspirations, there are no current examples but hints of what we can expect.

1. Personalized AI doctors and health companions

We are used to conversing with AI assistants for specific health services such as Woebot for mental health assistance. In the future, AI systems will be able to offer more health services, akin to a health  navigator “living” with patients. They will be able to offer end-to-end consultations, diagnostics, and treatment recommendations tailored to individual genetics and lifestyle. 

OpenAI and Thrive AI Health have partnered to build an AI health coach for personalised health and lifestyle advice which might give us a glimpse of that future.