MedPage Today October 10, 2018
Devices, new data, decision support improve care and practice
Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving as a tool for managing diabetes. According to experts, AI is tailor-made for the daily, data-intensive grind of diabetes care, helping to free physicians and patients from its more burdensome aspects.
Generally speaking, scientists define AI as anything enabling computers to perform functions that would normally require human intelligence.
“Computers can do certain tasks better than people: sorting lists, categorizing, finding patterns in data,” said Joseph Kvedar, MD, vice president of connected health at Partners HealthCare in Massachusetts. “But people are better at nuance, care, emotional intelligence.”
Before AI, diabetes care was already reshaped by the massive influx of data derived from cutting-edge technology like the...
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