Hospital & Healthcare Management April 15, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a profound transformation within the healthcare sector, revealing an urgent need to modernise and enhance the way care is delivered. Amidst the global crisis, healthcare providers were compelled to swiftly adapt and integrate new technologies, striking a balance between ensuring medical accessibility and adhering to social distancing mandates. This period of accelerated digital adoption has provoked hope regarding the potential of cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—capable of generating outputs ranging from poetry to complex computer programs with near-human fluency—to revolutionise healthcare.
There’s no room for error in medicine, so while the whimsical errors of generative AI are often harmless in other contexts, they can bear serious implications in a field where stakes are invariably...