Information Age July 21, 2021
Maciej Malenda, head of partnerships at Infermedica, discusses how telemedicine and AI can help to save time and money within the healthcare sector
Telemedicine and AI is set to benefit the sector beyond the pandemic.
There’s no denying that Covid-19 has illuminated the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) to the healthcare world. Not long ago, remote medicine was considered more hype than reality – but the pandemic propelled it into the spotlight. Telemedicine, which sits within the broader telehealth umbrella, increased healthcare access; one step on, AI-driven symptom checking has enhanced preliminary diagnosis and triage further.
It’s now clear that telehealth has the power to transform the patient-doctor relationship, so it’s no surprise that – in the US alone –...