Healthcare Innovation December 29, 2020
Having seen what AI can do, here are four predictions for how AI will impact healthcare in 2021
The past year has pushed the U.S. healthcare system to its limits. Hospitals filled up with COVID-19 patients, putting elective procedures and in-person visits on hold, and more than 14.6 million Americans lost their employer-sponsored health insurance.
However, the pandemic has also shown how resilient health systems can be, adapting to new technologies on the fly to continue serving patients through this disruptive time. Although telehealth is often discussed as the star technology of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical artificial intelligence (AI) also had a watershed year.
A recent survey found 56 percent of healthcare executives accelerated their AI deployment plans in response...