MedCity News October 10, 2024
During the Reuters Total Health conference, two healthcare leaders debated whether AI has the potential to reduce healthcare disparities. One argued that the technology is not there yet, while the other argued that it’s about how people use AI.
AI has been the talk of the healthcare industry, garnering excitement for its potential to improve patient care, as well as concern for the need to implement it ethically. But does the technology have the potential to reduce health disparities?
That was the question posed during a debate at the Reuters Total Health conference held in Chicago on Wednesday. The debate was between Anil Saldanha, chief innovation officer of Rush University System for Health, and Rebecca Kaul, PhD, senior vice...